Thanks! Moving this to the systemd package then. This commit is included in v231, so fixed in yakkety. I'll backport it to xenial.
** Changed in: libvirt (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Fix Released ** Also affects: libvirt (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: systemd (Fedora) via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350909 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1529079 Title: Can't start virtual machines with installed systemd-container package on Xenial Status in libvirt package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in libvirt source package in Xenial: Invalid Status in systemd source package in Xenial: In Progress Status in systemd package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Can't start virtual machines after upgrade to Xenial. On Ubuntu Server 16.04: # virsh start testserver Cannot set property Before, or unknown property. On Kubuntu 16.04: Cannot set property Before, or unknown property. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 89, in cb_wrapper callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1873, in do_install guest.start_install(meter=meter) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 414, in start_install noboot) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 478, in _create_guest dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml or final_xml, 0) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 3585, in createLinux if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self) libvirtError: Cannot set property Before, or unknown property. At this moment there is no libvirt or systemd-related error messages in syslog when this error appear on the screen (or virsh output). Both systems was upgraded from 15.10. --- ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: libvirt (not installed) ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-4.3.3-040303-generic root=UUID=a100d974-72cf-44ad-acf8-6ec060b773dd ro rootflags=subvol=@Xenial quiet nomdmonddf nomdmonisw ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=C SHELL=/bin/bash Tags: xenial Uname: Linux 4.3.3-040303-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: _MarkForUpload: True modified.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.networks.default.xml: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.networks.default.xml: 2015-02-27T11:49:59.773560 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1529079/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp