libvirt users - Jul 2017 - Re: Ubuntu 16.04 libvirt-guests.sh [6917] - running guests under URI address default: no running guests

Andrea,

I have libvirt version 1.3.1. I am looking at libvirt.org/sources and see
more recent versions. Do I have the most up-to-date version? Do I need to
upgrade?

$libvirtd -V
libvirtd (libvirt) 1.3.1

2017-07-10 11:24 GMT+02:00 Jędrek Domański <jedrek.domanski@gmail.com>:
> Thank you, Andrea.
> After following your instructions I re-enabled it back to check to see if
> it will log any messages from shutdown but no. I've noticed however
that
> the computer no longer freezes at shutdown. I am not sure why but it looks
> like the problem is gone now. I will try to debugg it deeper and if I have
> any issues I will get back to you.
>
> Jędrek
>
> 10 lip 2017 08:36 "Andrea Bolognani" <abologna@redhat.com>
napisał(a):
>
>> On Sun, 2017-07-09 at 19:14 +0200, Dominik Psenner wrote:
>> > I'm not familiar with the libvirt codebase, but the
>> > extension of libvirt-guests.sh indicates that it is a
>> > shell script. Maybe you can modify it to find the spot
>> > where it hangs?
>>
>> That's indeed the case. On Debian/Ubuntu system, the
>> script is installed as
>>
>>   /usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt-guests.sh
>>
>> and you can definitely try debugging it if you're
>> familiar with shell scripting.
>>
>> I installed both libvirt-bin and qemu-kvm in an Ubuntu
>> 16.04 guest in an attempt to reproduce the issue you're
>> having but I was unsuccessful, so I'm afraid I can't
>> really help you much further.
>>
>> It would probably be a good idea to open a downstream
>> bug report with your vendor, as they might have an
>> easier time reproducing the issue.
>>
>> It's worth noting that the libvirt version included in
>> Ubuntu 16.04 is a bit old (it was released a year and
>> a half ago), however the libvirt-guests script hasn't
>> changed very much in the meantime.
>>
>> --
>> Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
>>
>

On Mon, 2017-07-10 at 14:20 +0200, Jędrek Domański
wrote:
> Andrea,
> 
> I have libvirt version 1.3.1. I am looking at
> libvirt.org/sources and see more recent versions. Do I
> have the most up-to-date version? Do I need to upgrade?
> 
> $libvirtd -V 
> libvirtd (libvirt) 1.3.1
As mentioned in my previous message, libvirt 1.3.1 is
about a year and a half old.

While you can install a newer libvirt version from source,
doing so is generally not recommended because your package
manager will not be aware of it and will prevent you from
installing packages that depend on libvirt.

-- 
Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization

Well, I see newer versions of libvirt on Launchpad so I could just add PPA
repository and install newer version from there. Would that work?

2017-07-10 15:11 GMT+02:00 Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>:
> On Mon, 2017-07-10 at 14:20 +0200, Jędrek Domański wrote:
> > Andrea,
> >
> > I have libvirt version 1.3.1. I am looking at
> > libvirt.org/sources and see more recent versions. Do I
> > have the most up-to-date version? Do I need to upgrade?
> >
> > $libvirtd -V
> > libvirtd (libvirt) 1.3.1
>
> As mentioned in my previous message, libvirt 1.3.1 is
> about a year and a half old.
>
> While you can install a newer libvirt version from source,
> doing so is generally not recommended because your package
> manager will not be aware of it and will prevent you from
> installing packages that depend on libvirt.
>
> --
> Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
>