Bug 785942

Summary: virt-manager network install fails with qemu://session
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Oliver Henshaw <oliver.henshaw>
Component: python-virtinstAssignee: Cole Robinson <crobinso>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 16CC: berrange, crobinso, jforbes, virt-maint
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Fixed In Version: python-virtinst-0.600.1-1.fc16 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Oliver Henshaw 2012-01-30 23:40:36 UTC
Description of problem:

I tried to install fedora 16 from http, with virt-manager connected to an unprivileged qemu://session. This fails with the traceback:

Unable to complete install: 'Could not start storage pool: cannot open path '/var/lib/libvirt/boot': Permission denied'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 44, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1899, in do_install
    guest.start_install(False, meter=meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1206, in start_install
    self._prepare_install(meter, dry)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 963, in _prepare_install
    meter=meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 425, in prepare
    dev = self._prepare_kernel_and_initrd(guest, meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 385, in _prepare_kernel_and_initrd
    kernelfn, initrdfn)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 324, in _upload_media
    pool = _build_pool(conn, meter, system_scratchdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 85, in _build_pool
    autostart=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/Storage.py", line 489, in install
    raise RuntimeError(errmsg)
RuntimeError: Could not start storage pool: cannot open path '/var/lib/libvirt/boot': Permission denied

Applying http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=python-virtinst.git;a=blobdiff;f=virtinst/DistroInstaller.py;h=f5ddf5d86c0c0447535daca62d473e46146dcf57;hp=ff7e125586bea2a99dddf0f0fd926e75bbcff30c;hb=7e4e0f5da18f55fa382260d9939fd415dd0272c9;hpb=9b38d38851c1b24783ad94655d8cd19cfeb1f011 locally fixes it.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

python-virtinst-0.600.0-5.fc16.noarch
virt-manager-0.9.0-7.fc16.noarch
libvirt-0.9.6-4.fc16.x86_64

Comment 1 Oliver Henshaw 2012-01-30 23:53:41 UTC
Once it is working, there doesn't appear to be a way to pass in a local kickstart file - virt-install cli has --initrd-inject but there doesn't seem to be a similar option in the virt-install gui.

Comment 2 Cole Robinson 2012-02-01 13:47:48 UTC
Moving to post since the fix is upstream.

Oliver, indeed virt-manager doesn't have UI for initrd-inject, though that's a separate issue. And unfortunately I don't think initrd-inject works with f16 vms since the initrd format is now all sorts of confusing, I've been meaning to dig into it but haven't found time yet.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-02-01 16:37:24 UTC
python-virtinst-0.600.1-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/python-virtinst-0.600.1-1.fc16

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-02-02 17:22:05 UTC
Package python-virtinst-0.600.1-1.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing python-virtinst-0.600.1-1.fc16'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-1163/python-virtinst-0.600.1-1.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-02-04 05:24:56 UTC
python-virtinst-0.600.1-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.