[Bug 812553] [NEW] LXC instance fails to start

[Scott Moser]

Public bug reported:

When trying to run an LXC instance, after working around bug 812548, I
get the following trace:

2011-07-18 20:51:44,318 DEBUG nova.utils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o cluster_size=2M,backing_file=/var/lib/nova/instances/_base/local_20 /var/lib/nova/instances/instance-00000002/disk.local from (pid=20109) execute /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/nova/utils.py:143
2011-07-18 20:51:44,641 ERROR nova.exception [-] Uncaught exception
(nova.exception): TRACE: Traceback (most recent call last):
(nova.exception): TRACE:   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/nova/exception.py", line 87, in _wrap
(nova.exception): TRACE:     return f(*args, **kw)
(nova.exception): TRACE:   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/nova/virt/libvirt/connection.py", line 591, in spawn
(nova.exception): TRACE:     domain = self._create_new_domain(xml)
(nova.exception): TRACE:   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/nova/virt/libvirt/connection.py", line 1085, in _create_new_domain
(nova.exception): TRACE:     domain = self._conn.defineXML(xml)
(nova.exception): TRACE:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 1708, in defineXML
(nova.exception): TRACE:     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainDefineXML() failed', conn=self)
(nova.exception): TRACE: libvirtError: internal error cannot determine default video type
(nova.exception): TRACE:
2011-07-18 20:51:44,644 ERROR nova.compute.manager [-] Instance '2' failed to spawn. Is virtualization enabled in the BIOS? Details: internal error cannot determine default video type
(nova.compute.manager): TRACE: Traceback (most recent call last):
(nova.compute.manager): TRACE:   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/nova/compute/manager.py", line 311, in _run_instance
(nova.compute.manager): TRACE:     self.driver.spawn(instance, network_info, bd_mapping)
(nova.compute.manager): TRACE:   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/nova/exception.py", line 93, in _wrap
(nova.compute.manager): TRACE:     raise Error(str(e))
(nova.compute.manager): TRACE: Error: internal error cannot determine default video type
(nova.compute.manager): TRACE:

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nova-compute 2011.3~d3~20110708.1251-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.0.0-5.6-virtual 3.0.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-virtual x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 18 20:52:41 2011
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nova
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: nova (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric

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