Package: libvirt-daemon-system Version: 1.2.7-6 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
I just ran a dist-upgrade to uptake the latest sid updates. libvirt appears to have upgraded from 1.2.4-3 to 1.2.7-6, and is failing during upgrade. # dpkg --configure --pending Setting up libvirt-daemon-system (1.2.7-6) ... Job for libvirtd.service failed. See 'systemctl status libvirtd.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript libvirtd, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package libvirt-daemon-system (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libvirt-bin: libvirt-bin depends on libvirt-daemon-system (>= 1.2.7-6); however: Package libvirt-daemon-system is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libvirt-bin (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-boxes: gnome-boxes depends on libvirt-bin; however: Package libvirt-bin is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package gnome-boxes (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-bin gnome-boxes The systemd journal doesn't contain much that is useful: # systemctl status libvirtd.service libvirtd.service - Virtualization daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service; enabled) Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Tue 2014-08-12 13:13:10 EDT; 4min 55s ago Docs: man:libvirtd(8) http://libvirt.org Process: 11588 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/libvirtd $libvirtd_opts (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 11588 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CGroup: /system.slice/libvirtd.service Aug 12 13:13:10 smartie systemd[1]: Failed to start Virtualization daemon. Aug 12 13:13:10 smartie systemd[1]: Unit libvirtd.service entered failed state. Aug 12 13:13:10 smartie systemd[1]: libvirtd.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Aug 12 13:13:10 smartie systemd[1]: Stopping Virtualization daemon... Aug 12 13:13:10 smartie systemd[1]: Starting Virtualization daemon... Aug 12 13:13:10 smartie systemd[1]: libvirtd.service start request repeated too quickly, refus...art. Aug 12 13:13:10 smartie systemd[1]: Failed to start Virtualization daemon. Aug 12 13:13:10 smartie systemd[1]: Unit libvirtd.service entered failed state. However, running the daemon doesn't work: # libvirtd 2014-08-12 17:19:27.217+0000: 11832: info : libvirt version: 1.2.7, package: 6 (root 2014-08-08-16:09:22 bogon) 2014-08-12 17:19:27.217+0000: 11832: error : virPidFileAcquirePath:414 : Failed to acquire pid file '/var/run/libvirtd.pid': Resource temporarily unavailable It appears the pid file already exists, owned by the previous libvirt daemon: # ps aux | fgrep virt root 1202 0.0 0.0 413344 15744 ? Ssl Aug08 0:00 /usr/sbin/libvirtd My guess: you're not shutting down the old daemon during the upgrade. Killing the old daemon fixes the issue: root@smartie:~# kill 1202 root@smartie:~# root@smartie:~# root@smartie:~# dpkg --configure --pending Setting up libvirt-daemon-system (1.2.7-6) ... Setting up libvirt-bin (1.2.7-6) ... Setting up gnome-boxes (3.12.3-1) ... I hope this helps. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (501, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (399, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libvirt-daemon-system depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii gettext-base 0.19.2-1 ii init-system-helpers 1.20 ii libapparmor1 2.8.0-5.1+b1 ii libaudit1 1:2.3.7-1 ii libavahi-client3 0.6.31-4 ii libavahi-common3 0.6.31-4 ii libblkid1 2.20.1-5.8 ii libc6 2.19-7 ii libcap-ng0 0.7.3-1.1 ii libdbus-1-3 1.8.6-1 ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.85-2 ii libgnutls-deb0-28 3.2.16-1 ii libnl-3-200 3.2.24-2 ii libnl-route-3-200 3.2.24-2 ii libnuma1 2.0.9-1 ii librados2 0.80.5-1 ii librbd1 0.80.5-1 ii libsasl2-2 2.1.26.dfsg1-11 ii libselinux1 2.3-1 ii libssh2-1 1.4.3-3 ii libsystemd-daemon0 208-7 ii libvirt-clients 1.2.7-6 ii libvirt-daemon 1.2.7-6 ii libvirt0 1.2.7-6 ii libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-4 ii libyajl2 2.1.0-1 ii logrotate 3.8.7-1 Versions of packages libvirt-daemon-system recommends: ii bridge-utils 1.5-9 ii dmidecode 2.12-3 ii dnsmasq-base 2.71-1 ii ebtables 2.0.10.4-3 ii iproute2 3.16.0-1 ii iptables 1.4.21-2 ii parted 3.2-4 ii pm-utils 1.4.1-15 Versions of packages libvirt-daemon-system suggests: pn apparmor <none> pn auditd <none> ii policykit-1 0.112-2 pn radvd <none> ii systemd 208-7 pn systemtap <none> -- Configuration Files: /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf' -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org