However, after thorough research, I noticed some leftovers from a previously installed libvirt 1.3.3 from sources over 1.3.1.
Uninstalling the latter did not uninstall everything, hence the mess.
After cleaning everything and reinstalling libvirt 1.3.1 without 1.3.3, I was even able to correctly start libvirt-bin without having to modify the service file.
I then modified it with NotifyAccess=all, systemctl daemon-reload & systemctl restart libvirt-bin: everything works fine so far:
systemctl status libvirt-bin
● libvirt-bin.service - Virtualization daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/libvirt-bin.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-04-26 10:03:09 CEST; 6s ago
Docs: man:libvirtd(8) http://libvirt.org
Main PID: 17108 (libvirtd)
Tasks: 18
Memory: 33.5M
CPU: 666ms
CGroup: /system.slice/libvirt-bin.service
├─14707 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_leaseshel
├─14708 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_leaseshel
└─17108 /usr/sbin/libvirtd
Yes, I did. If you don't, you get a warning.
However, after thorough research, I noticed some leftovers from a previously installed libvirt 1.3.3 from sources over 1.3.1. system/ libvirt- bin.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) libvirt. org slice/libvirt- bin.service file=/var/ lib/libvirt/ dnsmasq/ default. conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp- script= /usr/lib/ libvirt/ libvirt_ leaseshel file=/var/ lib/libvirt/ dnsmasq/ default. conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp- script= /usr/lib/ libvirt/ libvirt_ leaseshel
Uninstalling the latter did not uninstall everything, hence the mess.
After cleaning everything and reinstalling libvirt 1.3.1 without 1.3.3, I was even able to correctly start libvirt-bin without having to modify the service file.
I then modified it with NotifyAccess=all, systemctl daemon-reload & systemctl restart libvirt-bin: everything works fine so far:
systemctl status libvirt-bin
● libvirt-bin.service - Virtualization daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-04-26 10:03:09 CEST; 6s ago
Docs: man:libvirtd(8)
http://
Main PID: 17108 (libvirtd)
Tasks: 18
Memory: 33.5M
CPU: 666ms
CGroup: /system.
├─14707 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-
├─14708 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-
└─17108 /usr/sbin/libvirtd
Apr 26 10:03:09 samsung-ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting Virtualization daemon... libvirt/ dnsmasq/ default. addnhosts - 0 addresses dhcp[14707] : read /var/lib/ libvirt/ dnsmasq/ default. hostsfile
Apr 26 10:03:09 samsung-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Virtualization daemon.
Apr 26 10:03:09 samsung-ubuntu dnsmasq[14707]: read /etc/hosts - 29 addresses
Apr 26 10:03:09 samsung-ubuntu dnsmasq[14707]: read /var/lib/
Apr 26 10:03:09 samsung-ubuntu dnsmasq-