[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#758759: Just got bit by this in jessie

[Mark Symonds]

Same issue, vanilla jessie install:  

root at eir:~# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Setting up libvirt-daemon-system (1.2.7-10+b1) ...
Job for virtlockd.service failed. See 'systemctl status virtlockd.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
dpkg: error processing package libvirt-daemon-system (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libvirt-bin:
 libvirt-bin depends on libvirt-daemon-system (>= 1.2.7-10+b1); however:
  Package libvirt-daemon-system is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libvirt-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libvirt-daemon-system
 libvirt-bin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root at eir:~# systemctl status virtlockd.service
virtlockd.service - Virtual machine lock manager
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd.service; static)
   Active: inactive (dead)
     Docs: man:virtlockd(8)
           http://libvirt.org

Aug 28 05:20:08 eir systemd[1]: Stopped Virtual machine lock manager.
Aug 28 05:20:22 eir systemd[1]: Stopped Virtual machine lock manager.
Aug 28 05:20:22 eir systemd[1]: Unit virtlockd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Aug 28 05:28:37 eir systemd[1]: Unit virtlockd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Aug 28 05:29:28 eir systemd[1]: Unit virtlockd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Aug 28 05:31:24 eir systemd[1]: Stopped Virtual machine lock manager.
Aug 28 05:31:34 eir systemd[1]: Stopped Virtual machine lock manager.
Aug 28 05:31:39 eir systemd[1]: Unit virtlockd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Aug 28 05:31:50 eir systemd[1]: Stopped Virtual machine lock manager.
Aug 28 05:32:06 eir systemd[1]: Unit virtlockd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
root at eir:~# systemctl start virtlockd.service
Failed to issue method call: Unit virtlockd.socket failed to load: No such file or directory.
root at eir:~# 

….trying to stop or start vitlockd.service as mentioned up there: 

root at eir:~# systemctl stop virtlockd.service
root at eir:~# systemctl start virtlockd.service
Failed to issue method call: Unit virtlockd.socket failed to load: No such file or directory.
root at eir:~# systemctl restart virtlockd.service
Failed to issue method call: Unit virtlockd.socket failed to load: No such file or directory.
root at eir:~# !apt
apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Setting up libvirt-daemon-system (1.2.7-10+b1) ...
Job for virtlockd.service failed. See 'systemctl status virtlockd.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
dpkg: error processing package libvirt-daemon-system (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libvirt-bin:
 libvirt-bin depends on libvirt-daemon-system (>= 1.2.7-10+b1); however:
  Package libvirt-daemon-system is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libvirt-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libvirt-daemon-system
 libvirt-bin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root at eir:~# tail /var/log/syslog
Aug 28 05:26:31 eir systemd[1]: ssh.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Aug 28 05:26:31 eir systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenBSD Secure Shell server.
Aug 28 05:26:31 eir systemd[1]: Unit ssh.service entered failed state.
Aug 28 05:28:37 eir systemd[1]: Unit virtlockd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Aug 28 05:29:28 eir systemd[1]: Unit virtlockd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Aug 28 05:31:24 eir systemd[1]: Stopped Virtual machine lock manager.
Aug 28 05:31:34 eir systemd[1]: Stopped Virtual machine lock manager.
Aug 28 05:31:39 eir systemd[1]: Unit virtlockd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Aug 28 05:31:50 eir systemd[1]: Stopped Virtual machine lock manager.
Aug 28 05:32:06 eir systemd[1]: Unit virtlockd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
root at eir:~# 

…since libvirt-bin was complaining about libvirt-daemon-system not being configured, I also tried: 

root at eir:~# dpkg --configure libvirt-daemon-system
Setting up libvirt-daemon-system (1.2.7-10+b1) ...
Job for virtlockd.service failed. See 'systemctl status virtlockd.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
dpkg: error processing package libvirt-daemon-system (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libvirt-daemon-system
root at eir:~# 

…now sitting here with a stuck packaging system.  

Any suggestions, happy to type them in and post output here.  

— 
Mark 



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