Actually trusty is not affected ** Also affects: virt-manager (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Undecided Status: New
** Also affects: netcf (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: netcf (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: virt-manager (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Undecided => High ** Description changed: + ========================== + Impact: virt-manager fails to start + Upstream fix: do not fail when /sys/class/net/$alias/ does not exist + Development fix: cherrypick of the original patch. + Regression potential: the patch did need some porting, so if that was not done right we could get a regression during netcf or libvirt + Test case: + cat .> /etc/network/interfaces << EOF + iface eth0:1 inet static + address 192.168.1.1 + netmask 255.255.255.0 + EOF + virsh iface-dumpxml eth0:1 + The virsh command should succeed and show something like + <interface type='ethernet' name='eth0:1'> + </interface> + + ========================== + I upgraded my machine to vivid some weeks ago and never tested this VM I had working before. When I try to use the virt-manager, it shows an error: Error polling connection 'qemu:///system': internal error: could not get interface XML description: File operation failed - Failed to read (null) - Ubuntu 15.04 virt-manager: - Installed: 1:1.0.1-5ubuntu1 - Candidate: 1:1.0.1-5ubuntu1 - Version table: - *** 1:1.0.1-5ubuntu1 0 - 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installed: 1:1.0.1-5ubuntu1 + Candidate: 1:1.0.1-5ubuntu1 + Version table: + *** 1:1.0.1-5ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected: to keep working as before Instead: can't list and run installed VMs ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: virt-manager 1:1.0.1-5ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26-generic 3.19.8-ckt2 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Aug 4 11:39:39 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-07 (330 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: virt-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-07-13 (22 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to netcf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1481295 Title: virt-manager after upgrade: Error polling connection 'qemu:///system': internal error: could not get interface XML description: File operation failed - Failed to read (null) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcf/+bug/1481295/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs