ok, you're going to hate me for this, I know it. As if I've not input enough. I did do a separate install of karmic, and I reproduced this state. I installed a 64 version.
I installed, prepared the kernel for karmic. Unless I missed it, Ubuntu didn't provide a xen kernel for karmic. I provided my own, and it's run lenny 64, karmic 32, now karmic 64, gentoo 32 and gentoo 64. It may not be perfect. Anyway, having booted into xen. ide...@karmic64:~$ sudo libvirtd [sudo] password for idella: 22:58:12.769: error : qemudWritePidFile:457 : Failed to open pid file '/var/run/libvirtd.pid' : File exists ide...@karmic64:~$ ls /var/run/libvirt qemu ide...@karmic64:~$ sudo rm /var/run/libvirtd.pid ide...@karmic64:~$ sudo libvirtd libvir: Network Config error : cannot enable /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/virbr0/disable_ipv6: No such file or directory 23:00:47.610: warning : qemudStartup:521 : Unable to create cgroup for driver: No such device or address Segmentation fault ide...@karmic64:~$ ls /var/run/libvirt qemu ide...@karmic64:~$ uname -a Linux karmic64 2.6.31-xen-r10-AMD-64 #19 SMP Sun Feb 28 21:28:33 WST 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux More of the same. Installed virt-manager, try connecting to xen by gui, Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'xen:///': <class 'libvirt.libvirtError'> unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': No such file or directory I booted into the freshly installed server kernel, and ide...@karmic64:~$ sudo libvirtd [sudo] password for idella: Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for idella: 22:39:18.849: error : qemudWritePidFile:457 : Failed to open pid file '/var/run/libvirtd.pid' : File exists ide...@karmic64:~$ sudo rm /var/run/libvirtd.pid ide...@karmic64:~$ sudo libvirtd 22:39:39.118: warning : qemudStartup:521 : Unable to create cgroup for driver: No such device or address 22:39:39.204: warning : lxcStartup:1460 : Unable to create cgroup for driver: No such device or address WARNING: Unhandled message: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable, path=/, member=Introspect ^X^Z [1]+ Stopped sudo libvirtd ide...@karmic64:~$ sudo libvirtd 22:40:21.411: error : qemudWritePidFile:457 : Failed to open pid file '/var/run/libvirtd.pid' : File exists ide...@karmic64:~$ ls /var/run/libvirt libvirt-sock libvirt-sock-ro network qemu ide...@karmic64:~$ uname -a Linux karmic64 2.6.31-19-server #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 03:40:48 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux Those elusive sockets libvirt-sock libvirt-sock-ro are there, in an environment absent of xen. Yes well, I fear this may lead nowhere if you can't reproduce. What kernel would you use?? -- libvirt0 unable to operate due to missing essential files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/527875 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to libvirt in ubuntu. -- 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