upgraded to Fedora 32 from Fedora 30 -- libvirtd no longer runs

Lloyd Kvam lkvam at venix.com
Sun May 31 20:08:16 EDT 2020


The key piece that I left out: libvirtd fails when I boot the XEN kernel. It's OK with the
regular kernel.


On Sun, 2020-05-31 at 19:38 -0400, Lloyd Kvam wrote:
> On Sun, 2020-05-31 at 18:17 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > I have not used libvirtd on fedora 32 directky but I do use gnome boxes
> > that does use libvirtd.
> > Did you try removing and reloading the packages.
> 
> Yes, dnf reinstall on the libvirt and xen packages.
> 
> After disabling libvirtd and rebooting I was finally able to just run libvirtd manually. I
> got
> an error about virbr0 already existed. Poking through /etc I found an ancient qemu/networks
> XML
> file that defined virbr0 as well as a new XML file elsewhere that did the same. Since then,
> the
> manual runs simply dump core.
> 
> I've deleted the ancient files (backed up by etckeeper) and am rebooting and trying things.
> 
> Thanks for responding.
> 
> > --
> > Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
> > Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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> > B B6E7
> > 
> > On Sun, May 31, 2020, 6:11 PM Lloyd Kvam <lkvam at venix.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > This on my home server which runs a virtualized Ubuntu. The output below
> > > is from journalctl and
> > > shows how libvirtd just recycles without end. I would greatly appreciate
> > > any pointers for
> > > figuring out what's wrong with libvirtd.
> > > 
> > > I suppose an alternative would be to turn the Ubuntu image into normal
> > > disk drive partition[s]
> > > and just run it directly.
> > > 
> > > """ from journalctl libvirtd.service
> > > May 31 17:48:39 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Consumed
> > > 2.011s CPU time.
> > > May 31 17:48:39 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Scheduled
> > > restart job, restart counter is at 55.
> > > May 31 17:48:39 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: Stopped Virtualization daemon.
> > > May 31 17:48:39 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Consumed
> > > 2.011s CPU time.
> > > May 31 17:48:39 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: Starting Virtualization
> > > daemon...
> > > May 31 17:48:44 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: Started Virtualization daemon.
> > > May 31 17:49:18 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Main process
> > > exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV
> > > May 31 17:49:18 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Failed with
> > > result 'signal'.
> > > May 31 17:49:18 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Consumed
> > > 2.378s CPU time.
> > > May 31 17:49:19 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Scheduled
> > > restart job, restart counter is at 56.
> > > May 31 17:49:19 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: Stopped Virtualization daemon.
> > > May 31 17:49:19 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Consumed
> > > 2.378s CPU time.
> > > May 31 17:49:19 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: Starting Virtualization
> > > daemon...
> > > May 31 17:49:22 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: Started Virtualization daemon.
> > > May 31 17:49:47 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Main process
> > > exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV
> > > May 31 17:49:47 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Failed with
> > > result 'signal'.
> > > May 31 17:49:47 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Consumed
> > > 1.931s CPU time.
> > > May 31 17:49:47 vmhost.home.lan systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Scheduled
> > > restart job, restart counter is at 57.
> > > """
> > > 
> > > Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Lloyd Kvam
> > > 5 Foliage View
> > > Lebanon, NH 03766
> > > 802-448-0836
> > > 
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Lloyd Kvam
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802-448-0836




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