[Bug 1088160] [NEW] ovs-brcompatd: could not open brcompat socket. Check "brcompat" kernel module.

[Kamil Madac]

Public bug reported:

Hello,

after installation of openvswitch packages I'm not able to start brcompat service.
I used package openvswitch-datapath-dkms.

brcompat module is loaded
#> lsmod | grep brcompat
brcompat 12387 0

#> service openvswitch-switch status
ovsdb-server is running with pid 4689
ovs-vswitchd is running with pid 4698
ovs-brcompatd is not running

when I try to restart openvswitch services it end up with error message:

#> service openvswitch-switch restart
 * ovs-brcompatd is not running
 * Killing ovs-vswitchd (8226)
 * Killing ovsdb-server (8217)
 * Starting ovsdb-server
 * Configuring Open vSwitch system IDs
 * Starting ovs-vswitchd
ovs-brcompatd: could not open brcompat socket. Check "brcompat" kernel module.
 * Starting ovs-brcompatd

I tried to compile module

#> module-assistant auto-install openvswitch-datapath

but it was terminated with error"
install: cannot stat `openvswitch/datapath/linux/*_mod.ko': No such file or directory

#> 'lsb_release -rd'
Description:	Ubuntu 12.10
Release:	12.10

#> apt-cache policy openvswitch-datapath-dkms
openvswitch-datapath-dkms:
  Installed: 1.4.3-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1.4.3-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1.4.3-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://sk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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

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  ovs-brcompatd: could not open brcompat socket.  Check "brcompat"
  kernel module.

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