[Bug 1492621] Re: Cannot start VMs without routable IPv4 address

[Christian Ehrhardt ]

** Tags removed: qemu-21.10
** Tags added: qemu-22.04 server-todo

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Title:
  Cannot start VMs without routable IPv4 address

Status in GLibC:
  Confirmed
Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in qemu package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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 at 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 at 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 at athens:~# dhclient br0
  root at 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 at 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.

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