[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#566180: Bug#566180: virsh can define lxc domain but does not list nor properly start it

[Guido Günther]

Hi ALexander,
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:42:26PM +0200, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I'm currently having the same problem. vm0.log gives the following: 
What problem exactly? The crash?

> 
> 12:33:06.252: error : lxcSetContainerResources:109 : Unable to set memory
> limit for domain vm0: No such file or directory
> 
> Running libvirt with LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1 gives me a bunch of message about qemu
> stuff, but nothing from lxc. 
> 
> Here is my xml definition:
> 
> <domain type='lxc'>
>   <name>vm0</name>
>   <uuid>5ebf64d2-f045-16de-8252-dfbd38b101e1</uuid>
>   <memory>500000</memory>
>   <currentMemory>500000</currentMemory>
>   <vcpu>1</vcpu>
>   <os>
>     <type arch='x86_64'>exe</type>
>     <init>/sbin/init</init>
>   </os>
>   <clock offset='utc'/>
>   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
>   <devices>
>     <emulator>/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_lxc</emulator>
>     <interface type='bridge'>
>       <mac address='52:54:7a:34:e3:7c'/>
>       <source bridge='br0'/>
>       <target dev='veth0'/>
>     </interface>
>     <console type='pty'>
>       <target type='serial' port='0'/>
>     </console>
>   </devices>
> </domain>

I'm using the examples from:

	http://libvirt.org/drvlxc.html

which seems to work here. I see you're using /sbin/init but separate
'/'. Doesn't this call for problems? Could you try to reproduce with the
simple example from the URL above?
Cheers,
 -- Guido