Bit of a weird one here. I have a guest that, when started, crashes libvirtd. This is bug #1014088 , simple to reproduce, just try to start a guest with nographics and no video device attached. Here's a demo: [crobinso@colepc ~]$ sudo virsh list --all | grep anyconfig-f18 - ztester-anyconfig-f18 shut off [crobinso@colepc ~]$ sudo virsh start ztester-anyconfig-f18 error: Failed to start domain ztester-anyconfig-f18 error: End of file while reading data: Input/output error error: One or more references were leaked after disconnect from the hypervisor error: Failed to reconnect to the hypervisor [crobinso@colepc ~]$ sudo virsh list --all | grep anyconfig-f18 [crobinso@colepc ~]$ sudo service libvirtd restart Restarting libvirtd (via systemctl): [ OK ] [crobinso@colepc ~]$ sudo virsh list --all | grep anyconfig-f18 - ztester-anyconfig-f18 shut off I start the VM, libvirtd crashes, systemd restarts it, but now the culprit vm is gone from virsh list. Restart libvirtd one more time and it reappears.
*** Bug 979533 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixed by these patches: http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-October/msg01174.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-October/msg01179.html
libvirt-1.1.3.1-1.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libvirt-1.1.3.1-1.fc20
Package libvirt-1.1.3.1-1.fc20: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing libvirt-1.1.3.1-1.fc20' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-20869/libvirt-1.1.3.1-1.fc20 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
libvirt-1.1.3.1-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.