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Created attachment 414574 [details]
Fix qemu startup error reporting race

From upstream commit:

http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=83be64034a0b530c904ceb4fd1ed1c10b5cdf4bf

libvirt-0.8.1-6.el6 has been built in RHEL-6-candidate with the fix

Dave

Verified with libvirt-0.8.1-10.el6.x86_64. Moving to VERIFIED.

# virt-install -n winxp -r 512 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/winxp.img -s 10 -v --accelerate --vnc -c /var/lib/libvirt/boot/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso --os-type=windows --os-variant=winxp


Starting install...
Creating domain...                                                                                    |    0 B     00:00     
Domain installation still in progress. Waiting for installation to complete.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Beta 2 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.

Verified this bug with RHEL6.0 RC3 build, and PASSED.

libvirt-0.8.1-27.el6.x86_64
python-virtinst-0.500.3-7.el6.noarch
kernel-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.113.el6.x86_64


# virt-install -n winxp_i386 -r 768 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/winxp_i386.dsk -s 10 -v --accelerate --vnc -c /home/jialiu/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso --os-type=windows --os-variant=winxp

Starting install...
Allocating 'winxp_i386.dsk'                                                                                                           |  10 GB     00:00     
ERROR    internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/4
qemu: could not open disk image /home/jialiu/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso: Permission denied

Domain installation does not appear to have been
 successful.  If it was, you can restart your domain
 by running 'virsh start winxp_i386'; otherwise, please
 restart your installation.
ERROR    internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/4
qemu: could not open disk image /home/jialiu/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso: Permission denied
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 1054, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 936, in main
    start_time, guest.start_install)
  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 978, in do_install
    dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 973, in start_install
    return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1038, in _do_install
    "install")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1009, in _create_guest
    dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1270, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/4
qemu: could not open disk image /home/jialiu/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso: Permission denied


Now the error message is more helpful than - 
monitor socket did not show up: : Connection refused

So this bug is fixed.