[Bug 1541529] Re: can no longer create 15.04 ubuntu-core stable kvm images with ubuntu-device-flash

[Jamie Strandboge]

I noticed in dmesg output the following at the time of the error:
Feb  3 12:00:27 lily kernel: [  956.113096] device-mapper: table: 252:0: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
Feb  3 12:00:27 lily kernel: [  956.113101] device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
Feb  3 12:00:27 lily kernel: [  956.133199] device-mapper: table: 252:0: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
Feb  3 12:00:27 lily kernel: [  956.133205] device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
Feb  3 12:00:27 lily kernel: [  956.153137] device-mapper: table: 252:0: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
Feb  3 12:00:27 lily kernel: [  956.153143] device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
Feb  3 12:00:27 lily kernel: [  956.172603] device-mapper: table: 252:0: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
Feb  3 12:00:27 lily kernel: [  956.172607] device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
Feb  3 12:00:27 lily kernel: [  956.196625] device-mapper: table: 252:0: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
Feb  3 12:00:27 lily kernel: [  956.196629] device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table


** Description changed:

  On xenial:
  
  $ sudo ubuntu-device-flash core --channel=stable --size=8 --enable-ssh --output=15.04-stable.img 15.04
  Determining oem configuration
  Starting download of generic-amd64
  41.70 KB / 41.70 KB [=========================================] 100.00 % 165.93 KB/s
  Done
  Starting download of icon for package
  38.97 KB / 38.97 KB [=========================================] 100.00 % 299.62 KB/s
  Done
  Fetching information from server...
  Downloading and setting up...
  exit status 5
  
- I tried downgrading to wily's udf, but had the same error.
+ I tried downgrading to wily's udf, but had the same error. Downgrading
+ kpartx to wily's works around the issue and I can successfully create
+ images.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-device-flash 0.33-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-7.18-generic 4.3.3
  Uname: Linux 4.3.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Feb  3 11:46:59 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-13 (234 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  SourcePackage: goget-ubuntu-touch
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-01-12 (22 days ago)

** Also affects: multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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  can no longer create 15.04 ubuntu-core stable kvm images with ubuntu-
  device-flash

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