When defining a VM with an emulated smartcard as specified at http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsSmartcard, the VM won't start and issues the following error: 2013-01-27 03:38:19.224+0000: starting up LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -name build2 -S -M pc-1.2 -enable-kvm -m 1024 -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 23979824-dcd9-5a8d-61a7-5f5bc625aedd -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/build2.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -device usb-ccid,id=ccid0 -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/build2.img,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 -drive if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev tap,fd=37,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=38 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:39:28:d9,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -device ccid-card-emulated,backend=certificates,cert1=cert1,cert2=cert2,cert3=cert3,database=/etc/pki/libvirt-smartcard,id=smartcard0,bus=ccid0.0 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev spicevmc,id=charchannel0,name=vdagent -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=com.redhat.spice.0 -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -spice port=5904,tls-port=5905,addr=0.0.0.0,x509-dir=/etc/pki/libvirt-spice -vga qxl -global qxl-vga.vram_size=67108864 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 char device redirected to /dev/pts/6 qemu-kvm: -device ccid-card-emulated,backend=certificates,cert1=cert1,cert2=cert2,cert3=cert3,database=/etc/pki/libvirt-smartcard,id=smartcard0,bus=ccid0.0: Property '.database' not found 2013-01-27 03:38:19.871+0000: shutting down Using: qemu-kvm-1.2.2-4.fc18.x86_64 libvirt-0.10.2.2-3.fc18.x86_64 virt-manager-0.9.4-4.fc18.noarch kernel3.7.4-204.fc18.x86_64 In http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git;a=blob;f=hw/ccid-card-emulated.c;h=f4a6da4283a3a27eaff154be7ad6ca75dee900d5;hb=HEAD#l25 (for roughly the version I'm using) it states that the parameter "db" should be used. I'm not sure whether this is the issue, but db != database. http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git;a=blob;f=hw/ccid-card-emulated.c;h=f4a6da4283a3a27eaff154be7ad6ca75dee900d5;hb=HEAD#l118 Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
*** Bug 904693 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Thanks for the report Anthony, indeed it looks like libvirt is passing the wrong property here, it should be named db. Reassigning
You're probably one of the first people actively using this feature, since the bug has been there since it's introduction in v0.8.8 (Feb 2011). Upstream patch proposal: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-April/msg00056.html If that is accepted, I can backport to v0.10.2-maint for inclusion in the next F18 build.
(In reply to comment #3) > You're probably one of the first people actively using this feature, since > the bug has been there since it's introduction in v0.8.8 (Feb 2011). Hah! And I was probably trying to use it incorrectly as well. I was hoping to use the "fake" smartcard as a storage utility for kernel module signing keys to be used in a manner similar to pesign, but for external kernel modules to be signed from within a koji/mock buildroot on a VM.
libvirt-0.10.2.6-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libvirt-0.10.2.6-1.fc18
Package libvirt-0.10.2.6-1.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing libvirt-0.10.2.6-1.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-10805/libvirt-0.10.2.6-1.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
libvirt-0.10.2.6-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.