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Bug 563151

Summary: /distribution/virt/install fails with libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: char device redirected to /dev/pts/1
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar>
Component: libvirtAssignee: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 5.4CC: berrange, bmarson, crobinso, disheng.su, jdenemar, jturner, mjenner, nzhang, virt-maint, xen-maint
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: TestBlocker
Target Release: 5.5   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: libvirt-0.6.3-33.el5 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
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Clone Of: 558855 Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-03-30 08:09:12 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On: 558855    
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Description Flags
Open nonsparse image files with O_DSYNC for preallocation
none
qemu: Increase guest startup timeout to 30 seconds
none
Use fsync() instead of openning files with O_DSYNC
none
Use fsync() instead of openning files with O_DSYNC none

Comment 2 Jiri Denemark 2010-02-09 16:19:05 UTC
Created attachment 389795 [details]
Open nonsparse image files with O_DSYNC for preallocation

Comment 3 Jiri Denemark 2010-02-10 13:32:33 UTC
Created attachment 389989 [details]
qemu: Increase guest startup timeout to 30 seconds

Comment 10 Jiri Denemark 2010-03-03 15:23:50 UTC
Created attachment 397580 [details]
Use fsync() instead of openning files with O_DSYNC

Comment 11 Jiri Denemark 2010-03-03 15:27:08 UTC
Created attachment 397581 [details]
Use fsync() instead of openning files with O_DSYNC

And now with a description of why we are doing so...

Comment 12 Jiri Denemark 2010-03-03 16:50:49 UTC
Fix built into libvirt-0.6.3-33.el5

Comment 14 Nan Zhang 2010-03-04 07:33:14 UTC
Verified, fixed with the following packages.

libvirt-0.6.3-33.el5
python-virtinst-0.400.3-9.el5
kvm-83-161.el5

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2010-03-30 08:09:12 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0205.html