Public bug reported: Launching kvm with -net nic -net tap triggers the /etc/qemu-ifup /etc /qemu-ifdown scripts. They are (in this version) hardcoding brctl as /usr/sbin/brctl but actually installed as /sbin/brctl.
/etc/qemu-ifup /etc/qmeu-ifdown are provided by qemu-common with source package of qemu-kvm ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: qemu-common 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-server 3.0.3 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-server x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDmesg: [ 18.522844] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max) [ 18.550476] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): virbr0: link is not ready [ 18.872333] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team [ 25.430014] br0: no IPv6 routers present Date: Wed Aug 24 19:32:00 2011 Dependencies: seabios 0.6.2-0ubuntu1 vgabios 0.6c-2ubuntu3 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110802.1) KvmCmdLine: Error: command ['ps', '-C', 'kvm', '-F'] failed with exit code 1: UID PID PPID C SZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD MachineType: ECS IC780M-A PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-server root=UUID=f2e68c5d-89b6-4c8f-b83a-e59f307cbf47 ro SourcePackage: qemu-kvm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/19/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080015 dmi.board.name: IC780M-A dmi.board.vendor: ECS dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: ECS dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd04/19/2010:svnECS:pnIC780M-A:pvr1.0:rvnECS:rnIC780M-A:rvr1.0:cvnECS:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: IC780M-A dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ECS ** Affects: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu-kvm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/833475 Title: /etc/qemu-ifup /etc/qemu-ifdown assume the wrong location for brctl To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/833475/+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