well, if it is not "/var/something" there is also "/dev/pts"
Something is wrong around the "qemuMonitor" routines. find why qemuMonitorIORead:487 is triggered and the bug is closed ! I really don't understand the logic of 'upstart' to trace into it, sorry. Openning a new bug on the same subject ? Why ? Franck ****** when it is OK ******** 20:57:10.438: 1234: debug : qemuMonitorTextCommandWithHandler:237 : Send command 'info chardev' for write with FD -1 .... 20:57:10.439: 1234: debug : qemuMonitorTextCommandWithHandler:242 : Receive command reply ret=0 rxLength=109 rxBuffer='charmonitor: filename=unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/ipcop.monitor,server charserial0: filename=pty:/dev/pts/1' ******** when it is NOT ok ********** 20:57:08.555: 1234: debug : qemuMonitorTextCommandWithHandler:237 : Send command 'info chardev' for write with FD -1 .... 20:57:08.648: 1228: error : qemuMonitorIORead:487 : Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer 20:57:08.648: 1228: debug : qemuMonitorIO:610 : Error on monitor Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer 20:57:08.648: 1228: debug : qemuMonitorIO:644 : Triggering error callback 20:57:08.648: 1228: debug : qemuProcessHandleMonitorError:170 : Received error on 0x142f5a0 'ipcop-clone' 20:57:08.648: 1234: debug : qemuMonitorSend:811 : Send command resulted in error Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer ... 20:57:08.648: 1234: debug : qemuMonitorTextCommandWithHandler:242 : Receive command reply ret=-1 rxLength=0 rxBuffer='(null)' 20:57:08.648: 1234: error : qemuMonitorTextGetPtyPaths:1960 : operation failed: failed to retrieve chardev info in qemu with 'info chardev'20:57:08.648: 1234: debug : qemuProcessWaitForMonitor:1170 : qemuMonitorGetPtyPaths returned -1 20:57:08.648: 1234: debug : qemuProcessStop:2801 : Shutting down VM 'ipcop-clone' pid=1347 migrated=0 I HAVE check /var is mounted with a "ls /var" in init/libvirt-bin.conf & libvirt-bin-storage.conf. It is mounted ok. Franck -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to libvirt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495394 Title: autostart almost always fails on boot time host To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/495394/+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