Bug 589882

Summary:	virt-install command with option --extra-args fail during install vm
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Wayne Sun <gsun>
Component:	python-virtinst	Assignee:	Cole Robinson <crobinso>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
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Version:	6.0	CC:	xen-maint
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Description Wayne Sun 2010-05-07 07:53:36 UTC

Description of problem:
Fail to install vm by option: --extra-args "console=ttyS0,115200".
The xml file is established and with no problem. The domain installation still in progress, but when try to connect to it by vnc-viewer, an error occour: Cannot determine the VNC port for the guest rhel5_0320pm. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python-virtinst-0.500.3-1.el6.noarch
libvirt-0.8.1-1.el6.x86_64
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.50.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
always


Steps to Reproduce:
# virt-install -n rhel5_0320pm -r 1000 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel5_0320pm.img -s 5 -l http://download.englab.nay.redhat.com/pub/rhel/released/RHEL-5-Server/U4/i386/os/  --nographics --extra-args "console=ttyS0,115200"


Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo...                                                                                                          |  874 B     00:00 ... 
Retrieving file vmlinuz...                                                                                                            | 3.5 MB     00:00 ... 
Retrieving file initrd.img...                                                                                                         |  13 MB     00:00 ... 
Creating domain...                                                                                                                    |    0 B     00:00     
error: Failed to get local hostname

Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to 
the console to complete the installation process.

  
Actual results:
Failed to install vm.

Expected results:
Install succesfully.

Additional info:

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2010-05-07 09:04:55 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.

Comment 3 Cole Robinson 2010-05-07 14:08:25 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 586175 ***