virt-install dies with 'Cannot find suitable emulator for ppc64le'
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
virt-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
$ sudo virt-install --debug --arch=ppc64 --pxe --connect qemu:///system --name whiz-bang --ram 1024 --vcpus 1 --network=
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (cli:187) Launched with command line: /usr/share/
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (cli:195) Requesting libvirt URI qemu:///system
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (cli:199) Received libvirt URI qemu:///system
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (virt-install:193) Requesting virt method 'default', hv type 'default'.
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (virt-install:432) Received virt method 'kvm'
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (virt-install:433) Hypervisor name is 'hvm'
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (cli:476) DISPLAY is not set: defaulting to nographics.
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (guest:208) Setting Guest.os_variant to 'linux'
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (virt-install:551) Guest.has_
Starting install...
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (cli:234) File "/usr/share/
sys.
File "/usr/share/
start_
File "/usr/share/
fail(e, do_exit=False)
File "/usr/share/
logging.
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] ERROR (cli:235) internal error: Cannot find suitable emulator for ppc64le
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (cli:237)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/
dom = guest.start_
File "/usr/share/
start_xml, final_xml = self._build_
File "/usr/share/
start_xml = self.get_
File "/usr/share/
return self._do_
File "/usr/share/
self.
File "/usr/share/
self.
File "/usr/share/
support.
File "/usr/share/
self, feature, data)
File "/usr/share/
return sobj.check_
File "/usr/share/
actual_
File "/usr/share/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virConnectGet
libvirtError: internal error: Cannot find suitable emulator for ppc64le
[Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:49:32 virt-install 33208] DEBUG (cli:248) Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
virsh --connect qemu:///system start whiz-bang
otherwise, please restart your installation.
Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
virsh --connect qemu:///system start whiz-bang
otherwise, please restart your installation.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: virtinst 1:1.0.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-17-generic ppc64le
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: ppc64el
Date: Fri Sep 26 17:45:31 2014
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
TERM=screen
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcLoadAvg: 0.02 0.02 0.05 1/1175 30483
ProcLocks:
1: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 84870 00:11:478688 0 0
2: FLOCK ADVISORY WRITE 2515 00:11:45214 0 EOF
3: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 2369 00:11:50266 0 EOF
4: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 2567 00:11:47202 0 EOF
ProcSwaps:
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/swap.img file 8388544 0 -1
ProcVersion: Linux version 3.16.0-17-generic (buildd@fisher03) (gcc version 4.9.1 (User Name 4.9.1-15ubuntu1) ) #23-User Name SMP Fri Sep 19 16:54:14 UTC 2014
SourcePackage: virt-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 20
cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 19
cpu_smt: SMT is off
Related branches
Changed in virt-manager (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
As a random bit of information, I can get to a crash as described in bug 1374554 by doing:
sudo ln -s qemu-system-ppc64 /usr/bin/ qemu-system- ppc64le