Public bug reported:
qemu will not start VMs using spice or vnc displays unless there is a
routable IPv4 address on the machine, even though the error relates to
127.0.0.1
root@athens:~# ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group
default
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: em1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master ovs-system
state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether a4:ba:db:32:4c:6b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 fe80::a6ba:dbff:fe32:4c6b/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: em2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master ovs-system
state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether a4:ba:db:32:4c:6c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 fe80::a6ba:dbff:fe32:4c6c/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: ovs-system: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group
default
link/ether a6:01:71:d4:b2:71 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
group default
link/ether a4:ba:db:32:4c:6b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 2606:a000:a461:4500:a6ba:dbff:fe32:4c6b/64 scope global mngtmpaddr
dynamic
valid_lft 86292sec preferred_lft 14292sec
inet6 fe80::c03d:22ff:fea5:3034/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
root@athens:~# virsh start icarus
error: Failed to start domain icarus
error: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor:
((null):4086): Spice-Warning **: reds.c:2330:reds_init_socket:
getaddrinfo(127.0.0.1,5900): Address family for hostname not supported
2015-09-05T17:43:39.911871Z qemu-system-x86_64: failed to initialize spice
server
root@athens:~# dhclient br0
root@athens:~# ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group
default
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: em1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master ovs-system
state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether a4:ba:db:32:4c:6b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 fe80::a6ba:dbff:fe32:4c6b/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: em2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master ovs-system
state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether a4:ba:db:32:4c:6c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 fe80::a6ba:dbff:fe32:4c6c/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: ovs-system: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group
default
link/ether a6:01:71:d4:b2:71 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
group default
link/ether a4:ba:db:32:4c:6b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 172.31.3.106/24 brd 172.31.3.255 scope global br0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 2606:a000:a461:4500:a6ba:dbff:fe32:4c6b/64 scope global mngtmpaddr
dynamic
valid_lft 86335sec preferred_lft 14335sec
inet6 fe80::a6ba:dbff:fe32:4c6b/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
root@athens:~# virsh start icarus
Domain icarus started
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: qemu-system-x86 1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28-generic 3.19.8-ckt4
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 5 13:46:23 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-29 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
MachineType: Dell Inc. PowerEdge T310
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.19.0-26-generic.efi.signed
root=/dev/mapper/vg_athens-lv_root ro
SourcePackage: qemu
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/06/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.12.0
dmi.board.name: 0MNFTH
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 17
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.12.0:bd09/06/2013:svnDellInc.:pnPowerEdgeT310:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0MNFTH:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct17:cvr:
dmi.product.name: PowerEdge T310
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
** Affects: qemu (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid
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