Public bug reported: I am running KVM on a Dell PowerEdge R510 server with 10.04.2. The server has 2 Intel quad port Ethernet cards and 2 Broadcom NICs.
root@kvm01:~# uname -a Linux kvm01 2.6.32-30-server #59-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 22:46:09 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@kvm01:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid I disabled apparmor! When I try to add a physical network card (eth6 for example) to a VM I get the following error messages: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 588, in run_domain vm.startup() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 150, in startup self._backend.create() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 300, in create if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self) libvirtError: monitor socket did not show up.: Connection refused /var/log/libvirt/qemu/VM01.log: LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.12 -enable-kvm -m 1024 -smp 1 -name VM01 -uuid 6605d7ea-8a19-1cd0-89a1-9ad29d3a6ec8 -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/VM01.monitor,server,nowait -monitor chardev:monitor -localtime -boot c -drive file=/storage/vms/VirtualMachines/VM01.img,if=virtio,index=0,boot=on,format=qcow2 -drive if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,format=raw -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:06:a3:e4,vlan=0,model=virtio,name=virtio.0 -net tap,fd=57,vlan=0,name=tap.1 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:24:99:45,vlan=1,name=nic.0 -net tap,fd=58,vlan=1,name=tap.1 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -serial chardev:serial0 -parallel none -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:2 -vga cirrus -pcidevice host=0b:00.1 char device redirected to /dev/pts/3 pci_add_option_rom: failed to find romfile "pxe-virtio.bin" pci_add_option_rom: failed to find romfile "pxe-rtl8139.bin" device: 0b:00.1: driver="pci-assign" host="0b:00.1" No IOMMU found. Unable to assign device "0b:00.1" Failed to deassign device "0b:00.1" : Invalid argument Error initializing device pci-assign Without the physical hardware the VM starts normally. Assigning USB (storage) devices as physical devices also works fine. I am adding the physical hardware via virt-manager in the corresponding menus. ** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/741706 Title: could not add physical hardware (ethernet card) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs