Public bug reported: We have installed kvm on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Host 64 bits.
There are 4 VM guest running Endian Firewall (Community Edition), and two Ubuntu 10.04 LTS servers. Aditionally 1 VM guest running Windows XP SP3 32 bits. Except the Endian Firewall, all VM has virtio drivers for ethernet and disc I/O. The problem only occurs on Windows XP VM. Aleatory the ethernet of this VM is loosed, and the guest don't respond any ping, or access from any port. The other linux VM has no problem, so aparently is not the problem of Bridged network that we saw in other reported bugs. * The impact is big on this VM because RDP freeze (because is lose connectivity). * All VM are using bridged networking. * ONLY Windows XP VM lose conectiviy. Configuration --------------- Host: CPU : AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor Memory: 8 GB kvm --version QEMU emulator version 1.0 (qemu-kvm-1.0), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard ifconfig: br0 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 02:85:2a:0e:23:61 Direc. inet:192.168.2.50 Difus.:192.168.2.255 Másc:255.255.255.0 Dirección inet6: fe80::62a4:4cff:fe36:3650/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:766315 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:526557 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:0 Bytes RX:173489456 (173.4 MB) TX bytes:122487582 (122.4 MB) br1 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:02:2a:f1:98:4b Direc. inet:192.168.31.250 Difus.:192.168.31.255 Másc:255.255.255.0 Dirección inet6: fe80::202:2aff:fef1:984b/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:20251 errores:0 perdidos:13 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:6 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:0 Bytes RX:1025272 (1.0 MB) TX bytes:468 (468.0 B) eth0 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 60:a4:4c:36:36:50 Dirección inet6: fe80::62a4:4cff:fe36:3650/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:2567234 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:4425676 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000 Bytes RX:359975549 (359.9 MB) TX bytes:4920592181 (4.9 GB) eth1 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:02:2a:f1:98:4b Dirección inet6: fe80::202:2aff:fef1:984b/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:2152595 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:1775224 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:1000 Bytes RX:1993489895 (1.9 GB) TX bytes:504955085 (504.9 MB) lo Link encap:Bucle local Direc. inet:127.0.0.1 Másc:255.0.0.0 Dirección inet6: ::1/128 Alcance:Anfitrión ACTIVO BUCLE FUNCIONANDO MTU:16436 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:3209934 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:3209934 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:0 Bytes RX:509044768 (509.0 MB) TX bytes:509044768 (509.0 MB) tap0 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 2e:39:8b:0d:56:8d Dirección inet6: fe80::2c39:8bff:fe0d:568d/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:1512659 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:1520648 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:500 Bytes RX:649922309 (649.9 MB) TX bytes:303778199 (303.7 MB) tap1 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 42:05:70:5b:70:2c Dirección inet6: fe80::4005:70ff:fe5b:702c/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:7 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:110369 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:500 Bytes RX:558 (558.0 B) TX bytes:15215756 (15.2 MB) tap2 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 56:74:0c:4c:73:6b Dirección inet6: fe80::5474:cff:fe4c:736b/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:1775212 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:2139066 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:500 Bytes RX:504954149 (504.9 MB) TX bytes:1988787563 (1.9 GB) tap3 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 82:4f:d9:8c:fe:7a Dirección inet6: fe80::804f:d9ff:fe8c:fe7a/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:1894552 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:1998208 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:500 Bytes RX:855437238 (855.4 MB) TX bytes:799568209 (799.5 MB) tap4 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 46:01:af:8e:51:cc Dirección inet6: fe80::4401:afff:fe8e:51cc/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:2124784 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:1780176 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:500 Bytes RX:1434067154 (1.4 GB) TX bytes:263588971 (263.5 MB) tap5 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 12:32:ee:97:bf:99 Dirección inet6: fe80::1032:eeff:fe97:bf99/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:4399585 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:3249451 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:2010 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:500 Bytes RX:4663476724 (4.6 GB) TX bytes:1519401078 (1.5 GB) tap6 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 02:85:2a:0e:23:61 Dirección inet6: fe80::85:2aff:fe0e:2361/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:1426831 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:1246727 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:500 Bytes RX:141508663 (141.5 MB) TX bytes:315112961 (315.1 MB) virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW f2:59:6c:07:25:f4 Direc. inet:192.168.122.1 Difus.:192.168.122.255 Másc:255.255.255.0 ACTIVO DIFUSIÃN MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:0 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:0 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:0 Bytes RX:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) /etc/network/interfaces: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual auto eth1 iface eth1 inet manual auto br0 iface br0 inet static address 192.168.2.50 network 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255 gateway 192.168.2.15 dns-nameservers 192.168.2.15 bridge_ports eth0 bridge_fd 9 bridge_hello 2 bridge_maxage 12 bridge_stp off auto br1 iface br1 inet static address 192.168.31.250 network 192.168.31.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.31.255 bridge_ports eth1 bridge_fd 9 bridge_hello 2 bridge_maxage 12 bridge_stp off We are executing KVM VMs from command line: /usr/bin/kvm -hda /var/cache/convirt/vm_disks/endian.disk.xm -cdrom /dev/cdrom -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:16:3e:1a:6b:53 -net tap,vlan=0,script=/etc/kvm/qemu-ifup-br0 -net nic,vlan=1,macaddr=00:16:3e:1c:33:45 -net tap,vlan=1,script=/etc/kvm /qemu-ifup-br0 -net nic,vlan=2,macaddr=00:16:3e:3e:84:b6 -net tap,vlan=2,script=/etc/kvm/qemu-ifup-br1 -usb -boot c -m 512 -vnc :52 -name EFW -usbdevice tablet -uuid b1c10838-3cb2-b20c-fbf5-0cc5340b7c09 -smp 1 -monitor unix:/var/run/kvm/monitors/endian,server,nowait -pidfile /var/run/kvm/pids/endian -daemonize /usr/bin/kvm -cdrom /dev/cdrom -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:16:3e:0c:c7:70,model=virtio -net tap,vlan=0,script=/etc/kvm/qemu-ifup-br0 -usb -boot c -m 512 -vnc :50 -uuid 11ce6593-d512-c069-3ea3-07fadf29c478 -name Ubuntu10.04_ldap -usbdevice tablet -drive file=/var/cache/convirt/vm_disks/Ubuntu10.04_l.disk01.xm,index=0,if=virtio,cache=none,media=disk -drive file=/var/cache/convirt/vm_disks/Ubuntu10.04_l.disk02.xm,index=1,if=virtio,cache=none,media=disk -drive file=/var/cache/convirt/vm_disks/Ubuntu10.04_l.disk03.xm,index=2,if=virtio,cache=none,media=disk -smp 1 -k es -monitor unix:/var/run/kvm/monitors/Ubuntu10.04_l,server,nowait -pidfile /var/run/kvm/pids/Ubuntu10.04_l -daemonize /usr/bin/kvm -cdrom /dev/cdrom -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:16:3e:5d:ee:52,model=virtio -net tap,vlan=0,script=/etc/kvm/qemu-ifup-br0 -usb -boot c -m 512 -vnc :51 -uuid 6bb091c2-fc3a-9563-e428-229a6a2d8440 -name Ubuntu10.04_2 -usbdevice tablet -drive file=/var/cache/convirt/vm_disks/Ubuntu10.04_2.disk.xm,index=0,if=virtio,cache=none,media=disk -drive file=/var/cache/convirt/vm_disks/Ubuntu10.04_2.disk2.xm,index=1,if=virtio,cache=none,media=disk -smp 1 -k es -monitor unix:/var/run/kvm/monitors/Ubuntu10.04_2,server,nowait -pidfile /var/run/kvm/pids/Ubuntu10.04_2 -daemonize /usr/bin/kvm -cdrom /dev/cdrom -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:16:3e:79:30:72,model=virtio -net tap,vlan=0,script=/etc/kvm/qemu-ifup-br0 -usb -boot c -m 2048 -no-acpi -vnc :53 -uuid ba5ad121-1844-ab94-223d-867e8eebb3dd -name WindowsXP -usbdevice tablet -drive file=/var/cache/convirt/vm_disks/WindowsXP.disk.xm,if=virtio,cache=none,media=disk -smp 2 -k es -monitor unix:/var/run/kvm/monitors/WindowsXP,server,nowait -pidfile /var/run kvm/pids/WindowsXP -daemonize /usr/bin/kvm -cdrom /dev/cdrom -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:16:3e:6d:96:4c,model=virtio -net tap,vlan=0,script=/etc/kvm/qemu-ifup-br0 -usb -boot c -m 512 -vnc :54 -uuid d01d0325-d9d5-1494-2b35-e8ce281c0a85 -name Ubuntu10.04_Nagios -usbdevice tablet -drive file=/var/cache/convirt/vm_disks/Ubuntu10.04_3.disk.xm,if=virtio,cache=none,media=disk -smp 1 -k es -monitor unix:/var/run/kvm/monitors/Ubuntu10.04_3,server,nowait -pidfile /var/run/kvm/pids/Ubuntu10.04_3 -daemonize brctl showmacs br0 port no mac addr is local? ageing timer 1 00:15:99:e4:bb:ee no 28.58 4 00:16:3e:0c:c7:70 no 20.44 2 00:16:3e:1a:6b:53 no 4.14 5 00:16:3e:5d:ee:52 no 0.77 7 00:16:3e:6d:96:4c no 0.77 6 00:16:3e:79:30:72 no 4.39 2 00:ff:b8:4d:fb:98 no 0.22 2 00:ff:d8:6e:6f:3f no 0.00 7 02:85:2a:0e:23:61 yes 0.00 6 12:32:ee:97:bf:99 yes 0.00 2 2e:39:8b:0d:56:8d yes 0.00 3 42:05:70:5b:70:2c yes 0.00 5 46:01:af:8e:51:cc yes 0.00 1 60:a4:4c:36:36:50 yes 0.00 4 82:4f:d9:8c:fe:7a yes 0.00 1 94:0c:6d:ec:7d:34 no 124.19 brctl showmacs br1 port no mac addr is local? ageing timer 1 00:02:2a:f1:98:4b yes 0.00 2 00:16:3e:3e:84:b6 no 0.00 1 00:26:4d:5b:20:9c no 3.44 1 00:30:88:1a:eb:e1 no 0.00 2 56:74:0c:4c:73:6b yes 0.00 We found a Workaround to this situation but is a very bad solution. When the conectivity problem exists, we conect via VNC to the WindowsXP VM and the conectivity is restored at once. The VNC is connected via 192.168.2.50:5953 (via the HOST). We tried to check the availability to connect to this port via nagios check_tcp and always is functioning (even when the conectivity is losed), so this is not functioning as a preventive measure. Please, ask for any further information. Thanks. ** Affects: qemu-kvm (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/1212051 Title: Windows XP guest lose connectivity with bridged network To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/1212051/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs