Bug 503575

Summary:	LiveCD Installer hangs during guest VM install-to-virt-drive
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Don Davis <dodavis>
Component:	qemu	Assignee:	Glauber Costa <gcosta>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	11	CC:	berrange, clalance, dwmw2, ehabkost, gcosta, itamar, markmc, quintela, sgallagh, virt-maint
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Hardware:	x86_64
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Fixed In Version:	0.10.5-2.fc11	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Don Davis 2009-06-01 18:52:31 UTC

Description of problem:  As soon as i try to install F10 or F11 from LiveCD
to my VM's virtual HD (also running F10 or F11), the installation hangs:
the installer's blue spash screen appears, and the guest's CPU load drops 
below 1%.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
qemu-kvm x86_64, v. 0.10.4

How reproducible:  consistent for me, one coworker has replicated on his T61/F11


Steps to Reproduce:
1. in virt-manager, boot VM from a .iso file
2. double-click on the "Install to hard drive" icon
3.
  
Actual results:  installer and reboot fails to progreess, the guests's CU load collapses, and the parent's disk activity goes quiet, too.


Expected results:


Additional info:  this failure shows up on:
   * my t500, running F11;
   * my old t61, running F10.  
   * sgallagh's t61, running F11

Comment 1 Stephen Gallagher 2009-06-01 18:55:15 UTC

I experienced this failure when installing the Fedora 10 x86_64 LiveCD (Gnome) in F11 (fully updated as of 6/1/2009).

However, an install of the Fedora 11 Preview x86_64 LiveCD completed successfully for me.

I was unable to identify any log messages that looked suspicious.

Comment 2 Don Davis 2009-06-01 20:45:20 UTC

i replaced my F10 .iso with F11-Preview.  Now the install-to-hard-drive
completes, but after reboot, the restart stalls with a 100% white-on-black 
progress bar.   - don davis

Comment 3 Don Davis 2009-06-01 21:52:34 UTC

this bug is severely blocking me.  i have to run some kerberos tests, and i need VMs in order to do so.  i've spent 4 fruitless days trying to get virt / kvm to
work.

Comment 4 Don Davis 2009-06-01 23:28:48 UTC

gcosta (glommer) told me tonight that his version 0.10.5-1 
fixes my problem, and he's right, my installed VM is working 
now.  on koji: qemu-*-0.10.5-1.fc11.x86_64.rpm

thanks, glommer!        - don davis, IPA group, westford

Comment 5 Mark McLoughlin 2009-06-03 13:27:53 UTC

Thanks for testing, Don

Comment 6 Mark McLoughlin 2009-06-03 15:27:29 UTC

Okay, Stephen says it doesn't fix the issue for him

Please try again with the qemu-0.10.5-2.fc11 update - it fixes a cdrom issue that could be the underlying cause here

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2009-06-03 16:21:19 UTC

qemu-0.10.5-2.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/qemu-0.10.5-2.fc11

Comment 8 Mark McLoughlin 2009-06-03 21:35:58 UTC

Stephen/Don - thanks for testing and adding a comment to the update

Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2009-06-09 16:56:30 UTC

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2009-06-16 02:28:16 UTC

qemu-0.10.5-2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.