[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#778609: virt-manager: Unable to complete install: 'unsupported configuration: host doesn't support invariant TSC'

[Frederik Himpe]

Package: virt-manager
Version: 1:1.0.1-3
Severity: normal

I tried to create a qemu-kvm virtual machine on a remote libvirt server, and
selected to customize the system before starting the installation. There I
selected to copy the host processor features to the guest.

When creating the VM, it failed with this error:

Unable to complete install: 'unsupported configuration: host doesn't support
invariant TSC'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 91, in
cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1787, in
do_install
    guest.start_install(meter=meter)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 403, in start_install
    noboot)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 467, in _create_guest
    dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml or final_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 3440, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
conn=self)
libvirtError: unsupported configuration: host doesn't support invariant TSC

I found these bug reports with patches. If I understand this correctly, both
libvirt-bin, virt-daemon and virt-install need a patch to fix this:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1133155
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138221



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (300, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (102, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages virt-manager depends on:
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.22.0-1
ii  gconf2                                       3.2.6-3
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                               3.14.5-1
ii  gir1.2-gtk-vnc-2.0                           0.5.3-1.3
ii  gir1.2-libvirt-glib-1.0                      0.1.9-4
ii  gir1.2-spice-client-gtk-3.0                  0.25-1+b1
ii  gir1.2-vte-2.90                              1:0.36.3-1
ii  librsvg2-common                              2.40.5-1
ii  python-dbus                                  1.2.0-2+b3
ii  python-gi                                    3.14.0-1
ii  python-gi-cairo                              3.14.0-1
ii  python-ipaddr                                2.1.11-2
ii  python-libvirt                               1.2.9-1
ii  python-urlgrabber                            3.9.1-4.1
pn  python2.7:any                                <none>
pn  python:any                                   <none>
ii  virtinst                                     1:1.0.1-3

Versions of packages virt-manager recommends:
ii  gnome-icon-theme         3.12.0-1
ii  libvirt-daemon           1.2.9-9
ii  python-spice-client-gtk  0.25-1+b1

Versions of packages virt-manager suggests:
ii  gnome-keyring                    3.14.0-1+b1
pn  python-gnomekeyring              <none>
pn  python-guestfs                   <none>
ii  ssh-askpass-gnome [ssh-askpass]  1:6.7p1-3
ii  virt-viewer                      1.0-1

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