Description of problem: /etc/rc.d/init.d/libvirtd file has the following line # Should-Start: hal In accordance with http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/HalRemoval HAL is not used by libvirtd. As a side effect of this line systemctl --all list-units command reports hal.service error # systemctl --all list-units ... hal.service error inactive dead hal.service ... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libvirt-0.9.6-4.fc16.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install libvirt-0.9.6-4.fc16.x86_64 2. Run grep hal /etc/rc.d/init.d/libvirtd 3. Run systemctl --all list-units | grep hal.service Actual results: /etc/init.d/libvirtd file has the following line # Should-Start: hal systemctl --all list-units output has the following line hal.service error inactive dead hal.service Expected results: /etc/init.d/libvirtd file does not have the line systemctl --all list-units does not show hal.service Additional info:
Fixed upstream: commit 2dcca3ec0a28c6562ebfbe7a5eae4729fb5de904 Author: Peter Krempa <pkrempa> Date: Fri Mar 2 15:12:32 2012 +0100 daemon: Remove deprecated HAL from init script dependencies The init script for the daemon requests to start HAL although it has been deprecated long time ago. This patch removes the dependency.
The upstream commit should be backported to F16.
libvirt-0.9.6-5.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libvirt-0.9.6-5.fc16
Package libvirt-0.9.6-5.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 libvirt-0.9.6-5.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-3067/libvirt-0.9.6-5.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
libvirt-0.9.6-5.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.