[Bug 355120] [NEW] vmbuilder:Fail to communicate with device-mapper

juancarlospaco juancarlospaco at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 4 12:58:26 UTC 2009 

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: python-vm-builder

setup at 08-sis-pc015:~$ sudo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite intrepid --debug --flavour virtual --arch i386 -o --libvirt qemu:///system
[sudo] password for setup: 
2009-04-04 09:39:47,238 DEBUG    add_part - begin 0, length 4096, end 4095
2009-04-04 09:39:47,238 DEBUG    add_part - begin 4096, length 1024, end 5119
2009-04-04 09:39:47,239 DEBUG    ip: dhcp
2009-04-04 09:39:47,256 DEBUG    Temporary directory: /tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_
2009-04-04 09:39:47,267 DEBUG    Creating the root mount directory: /tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/target
2009-04-04 09:39:47,268 DEBUG    Creating temporary root: /tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/root
2009-04-04 09:39:47,268 DEBUG    Creating destination directory: ubuntu-kvm
2009-04-04 09:39:47,269 INFO     Creating disk image: /tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img
2009-04-04 09:39:47,270 DEBUG    ['/usr/bin/kvm-img', 'create', '-f', 'raw', '/tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img', '5120M']
2009-04-04 09:39:47,275 DEBUG    Formatting '/tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img', fmt=raw, size=5242880 kB
2009-04-04 09:39:47,306 INFO     Adding partition table to disk image: /tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img
2009-04-04 09:39:47,306 DEBUG    ['parted', '--script', '/tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img', 'mklabel', 'msdos']
2009-04-04 09:39:47,337 INFO     Adding type 1 partition to disk image: /tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img
2009-04-04 09:39:47,337 DEBUG    ['parted', '--script', '--', '/tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img', 'mkpart', 'primary', 'ext2', '0', '4095']
2009-04-04 09:39:47,359 INFO     Adding type 3 partition to disk image: /tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img
2009-04-04 09:39:47,360 DEBUG    ['parted', '--script', '--', '/tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img', 'mkpart', 'primary', 'linux-swap', '4096', '5119']
2009-04-04 09:39:47,379 INFO     Creating loop devices corresponding to the created partitions
2009-04-04 09:39:47,380 DEBUG    ['kpartx', '-av', '/tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img']
2009-04-04 09:39:47,394 INFO     /proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
2009-04-04 09:39:47,410 INFO     Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
2009-04-04 09:39:47,411 INFO     Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
2009-04-04 09:39:47,412 INFO     /proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
2009-04-04 09:39:47,413 INFO     Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
2009-04-04 09:39:47,414 INFO     Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
2009-04-04 09:39:47,415 INFO     Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.27 (2008-06-25)(compat) and kernel driver
2009-04-04 09:39:47,416 INFO     device mapper prerequisites not met
2009-04-04 09:39:47,417 DEBUG    Oh, dear, an exception occurred
2009-04-04 09:39:47,417 INFO     Cleaning up
2009-04-04 09:39:47,417 DEBUG    ['kpartx', '-d', '/tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img']
2009-04-04 09:39:47,438 DEBUG    /proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
2009-04-04 09:39:47,439 DEBUG    Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
2009-04-04 09:39:47,440 DEBUG    Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
2009-04-04 09:39:47,441 DEBUG    /proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
2009-04-04 09:39:47,442 DEBUG    Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
2009-04-04 09:39:47,443 DEBUG    Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
2009-04-04 09:39:47,444 DEBUG    Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.27 (2008-06-25)(compat) and kernel driver
2009-04-04 09:39:47,445 DEBUG    device mapper prerequisites not met
2009-04-04 09:39:47,446 DEBUG    ['rmdir', 'ubuntu-kvm']
2009-04-04 09:39:47,464 DEBUG    ['rm', '-rf', '/tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/vmbuilder", line 29, in <module>
    VMBuilder.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/VMBuilder/__init__.py", line 66, in run
    frontend.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/cli/__init__.py", line 67, in run
    vm.create()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/VMBuilder/vm.py", line 453, in create
    raise e
VMBuilder.exception.VMBuilderException: Process (['kpartx', '-av', '/tmp/vmbuilderg8BG2_/disk0.img']) returned 1. stdout: , stderr: /proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.27 (2008-06-25)(compat) and kernel driver 
device mapper prerequisites not met

setup at 08-sis-pc015:~$ sudo apt-get update

setup at 08-sis-pc015:~$ sudo apt-get install libdevmapper*
Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias       
Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
Nota, seleccionando libdevmapper1.02 para la expresión regular 'libdevmapper*'
Nota, seleccionando libdevmapper1.02.1 para la expresión regular 'libdevmapper*'
Nota, seleccionando libdevmapper-event1.02.1 para la expresión regular 'libdevmapper*'
Nota, seleccionando libdevmapper-dev para la expresión regular 'libdevmapper*'
Nota, seleccionando libdevmapper para la expresión regular 'libdevmapper*'
Nota, seleccionando libdevmapper1.02.1 en lugar de libdevmapper
0 actualizados, 0 se instalarán, 0 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.

setup at 08-sis-pc015:~$ uname -a
Linux 08-sis-pc015 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

setup at 08-sis-pc015:~$
setup at 08-sis-pc015:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 8.10
Release:	8.10
Codename:	intrepid

setup at 08-sis-pc015:~$ apt-cache policy python-vm-builder
python-vm-builder:
  Instalados: 0.9-0ubuntu3.1
  Candidato: 0.9-0ubuntu3.1
  Tabla de versión:
 *** 0.9-0ubuntu3.1 0
        500 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
setup at 08-sis-pc015:~$

3) What you expected to happen: Create a VM in less than a minute.

4) What happened instead: Dont Create a VM, fails and exit.

all updates installed (no backports, no unofficial packages), free ram,
free disk, still waiting my VM  :(

** Affects: vm-builder (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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vmbuilder:Fail to communicate with device-mapper
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