Description of problem: Virt-manager should provide better error message when try to add the 5th IDE device. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virt-manager-0.9.0-14.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Make sure there is a guest. 2. Try to add 5 IDE devices on the guest through virt-manager. 3. Check the error message. 4. Try to add the 5th ide device through libvirt [root@KP-T1 ~]# virsh attach-disk --domain T1 --source /var/lib/libvirt/images/1.iso --target hde --sourcetype file --driver qemu --subdriver qcow2 --type cdrom --persistent Disk attached successfully 5. Start the domain T1 [root@KP-T1 ~]# virsh start T1 error: Failed to start domain T1 error: internal error Only 1 ide controller is supported Actual results: 1. After step 3. Following error message appeared ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uncaught error validating hardware input: No more space for disks of type 'hd' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expected results: 1. Virt-manager should provide more clearer error message, e.g. "Only 4 ide devices are supported by an IDE controller" Additional info:
Fixed upstream now