[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#574177: libvirt-bin: after upgrade of libvirt it crashes on system bootup, but afterwards a manual start works fine

[Sebastian Wienforth]

Package: libvirt-bin
Version: 0.7.7-1
Severity: important

Since the last upgrade, which upgraded the following packages:

[ENTFERNEN, NICHT VERWENDET] linux-headers-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
[ENTFERNEN, NICHT VERWENDET] linux-headers-2.6.32-trunk-common
[INSTALLIEREN, ABHÄNGIGKEITEN] linux-headers-2.6.32-3-amd64
[INSTALLIEREN, ABHÄNGIGKEITEN] linux-headers-2.6.32-3-common
[INSTALLIEREN, ABHÄNGIGKEITEN] linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64
[AKTUALISIERUNG] acpi-support-base 0.132-2 -> 0.133-1
[AKTUALISIERUNG] cpio 2.10-1 -> 2.11-1
[AKTUALISIERUNG] firmware-linux-free 2.6.32-5 -> 2.6.32-9
[AKTUALISIERUNG] firmware-linux-nonfree 0.22 -> 0.23
[AKTUALISIERUNG] gettext-base 0.17-9 -> 0.17-10
[AKTUALISIERUNG] libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 0.3.10-2+b1 -> 0.3.10-5
[AKTUALISIERUNG] libnewt0.52 0.52.10-5+b1 -> 0.52.10-8
[AKTUALISIERUNG] libparted1.8-12 1.8.8.git.2009.07.19-5 -> 1.8.8.git.2009.07.19-6
[AKTUALISIERUNG] libvirt-bin 0.7.6-2 -> 0.7.7-1
[AKTUALISIERUNG] libvirt-doc 0.7.6-2 -> 0.7.7-1
[AKTUALISIERUNG] libvirt0 0.7.6-2 -> 0.7.7-1
[AKTUALISIERUNG] linux-headers-2.6-amd64 2.6.32+23 -> 2.6.32+25
[AKTUALISIERUNG] linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.32+23 -> 2.6.32+25
[AKTUALISIERUNG] linux-image-amd64 2.6.32+23 -> 2.6.32+25
[AKTUALISIERUNG] linux-libc-dev 2.6.32-5 -> 2.6.32-9
[AKTUALISIERUNG] python-gtk-vnc 0.3.10-2+b1 -> 0.3.10-5
[AKTUALISIERUNG] python-libvirt 0.7.6-2 -> 0.7.7-1
[AKTUALISIERUNG] rsyslog 4.4.2-2 -> 4.6.1-1
[AKTUALISIERUNG] tzdata 2010b-1 -> 2010e-1
[AKTUALISIERUNG] whiptail 0.52.10-5+b1 -> 0.52.10-8

libvirt does not seem to be running anymore after system bootup: 
$ virsh list
error: unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock', libvirtd may need to be started: Verbindungsaufbau abgelehnt
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor

However the KVM-VMs which are set to boot up automatically are started as usual.

syslog says the following:
Mar 16 21:55:54 zeus kernel: [   39.834290] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Mar 16 21:55:54 zeus libvirtd: 21:55:54.945: warning : lxcStartup:1748 : Unable to create cgroup for driver: No such device or address
Mar 16 21:55:54 zeus libvirtd: 21:55:54.974: error : main:3160 : Driver state in itialization failed
Mar 16 21:55:54 zeus libvirtd: 21:55:54.974: warning : qemudDispatchSignalEvent:385 : Shutting down on signal 3

issuing a 
$ /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin start
starts libvirt, and now also virsh is working as normal.

However syslog says the following:
Mar 16 22:02:05 zeus libvirtd: 22:02:05.257: error : halDeviceMonitorStartup:737 : libhal_ctx_init failed, haldaemon is probably not running
Mar 16 22:02:05 zeus libvirtd: 22:02:05.257: warning : qemudStartup:1150 : Unable to create cgroup for driver: No such device or address
Mar 16 22:02:05 zeus kernel: [  410.660576] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Mar 16 22:02:05 zeus libvirtd: 22:02:05.428: warning : lxcStartup:1748 : Unable to create cgroup for driver: No such device or address

--- Sebastian



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libvirt-bin depends on:
ii  adduser           3.112                  add and remove users and groups
ii  libavahi-client3  0.6.25-3               Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3  0.6.25-3               Avahi common library
ii  libc6             2.10.2-6               Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcap-ng0        0.6.2-4+b1             An alternate posix capabilities li
ii  libdbus-1-3       1.2.20-2               simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdevmapper1.02. 2:1.02.39-1            The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  libgcrypt11       1.4.5-2                LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libgnutls26       2.8.5-2                the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libhal1           0.5.14-2               Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libparted1.8-12   1.8.8.git.2009.07.19-6 The GNU Parted disk partitioning s
ii  libpciaccess0     0.11.0-1               Generic PCI access library for X
ii  libreadline6      6.1-1                  GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libsasl2-2        2.1.23.dfsg1-5         Cyrus SASL - authentication abstra
ii  libudev0          151-2                  libudev shared library
ii  libuuid1          2.16.2-0               Universally Unique ID library
ii  libvirt0          0.7.7-1                library for interfacing with diffe
ii  libxenstore3.0    3.4.3~rc3-1            Xenstore communications library fo
ii  libxml2           2.7.6.dfsg-2+b1        GNOME XML library
ii  logrotate         3.7.8-4                Log rotation utility

Versions of packages libvirt-bin recommends:
ii  bridge-utils                  1.4-5      Utilities for configuring the Linu
ii  dnsmasq-base                  2.52-1     A small caching DNS proxy and DHCP
ii  iptables                      1.4.6-2    administration tools for packet fi
ii  netcat-openbsd                1.89-3     TCP/IP swiss army knife
pn  qemu                          <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages libvirt-bin suggests:
ii  policykit-1                   0.96-1     framework for managing administrat

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