[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#733865: xen-utils-4.3: qemu-dm is not executable: No such file or directory

[Marc F. Clemente]

Package: xen-utils-4.3
Version: 4.3.0-3+b1
Severity: normal


When I try to create an HVW withDevian/xen, I run into trouble. It used to work, maybe with xen 4.1, but it has never worked since.

Bug 688311 was filed, with the same exact problem.  That bug was somehow closed and no resolution or explanation was provided.

I have seen posts mentioning "traditional" and "upstream" qemu-dm.  But it is not clear to me what the difference is between "traditional" and "upstream", or how to select either one.  My config file (snaptest.cfg) is nearly identical to the one provided by the distribution in /etc/xen/xlexample.hvm.

I don't know if there are missing files in the distibution.  Or if I am missing an important package.  Or maybe I'm doing something wrong- and the documentation is inaccurate.

Is it possible to do HVM with Debian?

Thanks,

Marc

# xl create snaptest.cfg 
Parsing config from snaptest.cfg
xc: info: VIRTUAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
  Loader:        0000000000100000->00000000001a0164
  Modules:       0000000000000000->0000000000000000
  TOTAL:         0000000000000000->00000000ff800000
  ENTRY ADDRESS: 0000000000100608
xc: info: PHYSICAL MEMORY ALLOCATION:
  4KB PAGES: 0x0000000000000200
  2MB PAGES: 0x00000000000005fb
  1GB PAGES: 0x0000000000000001
libxl: error: libxl_dm.c:1142:libxl__spawn_local_dm: device model /usr/lib/xen-4.3/bin/qemu-dm is not executable: No such file or directory
libxl: error: libxl_dm.c:1275:device_model_spawn_outcome: (null): spawn failed (rc=-3)
libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1075:domcreate_devmodel_started: device model did not start: -3
libxl: error: libxl_dm.c:1300:libxl__destroy_device_model: could not find device-model's pid for dom 2
libxl: error: libxl.c:1408:libxl__destroy_domid: libxl__destroy_device_model failed for 2
Exit 3


# cat snaptest.cfg 
builder='hvm'
name = "example.hvm"
memory = 4096
vcpus = 2
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg0/snap,hda,w' ]
 


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

Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xen-utils-4.3 depends on:
ii  e2fslibs          1.42.8-1
ii  libc6             2.17-97
ii  libncurses5       5.9+20130608-1
ii  libtinfo5         5.9+20130608-1
ii  libxen-4.3        4.3.0-3+b1
ii  libxenstore3.0    4.3.0-3+b1
ii  libyajl2          2.0.4-4
ii  python2.7         2.7.6-3
pn  python:any        <none>
ii  xen-utils-common  4.3.0-3

Versions of packages xen-utils-4.3 recommends:
ii  bridge-utils                                   1.5-7
ii  qemu-system-x86                                1.7.0+dfsg-2
ii  xen-hypervisor-4.3-amd64 [xen-hypervisor-4.3]  4.3.0-3+b1

xen-utils-4.3 suggests no packages.

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