On 07/09/2012 03:05 PM, P. Larry Nelson wrote:
> Hi Todd and/or Margo,
>
> On 7/9/12 4:50 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
>> On 07/09/2012 02:33 PM, Connie Sieh wrote:
>>> On Mon, 9 Jul 2012, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I am in trouble here.  I would really appreciate any help
>>>> you guys can spare.
>>>>
>>>> Scientific Linux 6.2, 64 bit.  (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 clone)
>>>>
>>>> $ rpm -qa \*qemu\*
>>>> qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64
>>>> qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64
>>>> gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch
>>>>
>>>> $ uname -r
>>>> 2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64
>>>>
>>>> When I fired up my KVM Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager)
>>>> this morning, four of my seven virtual machines disappeared,
>>>> including the one is desperately need.
>>>>
>>>> Checking /etc/libvirt/qemu and they are all there.  Same
>>>> attributes too.  Checking where I put the virtual hard
>>>> drives and they are all there too.
>>>>
>>>> Okay, so I try firing up the three that remain, I get the
>>>> following error message:
>>>>
>>>>      Error starting domain: unsupported configuration: spice
>>>>      TLS port set in XML configuration, but TLS is disabled
>>>>      in qemu.conf
>>>>
>>>> Yes, each VM has a different spice port set so I can tell them
>>>> apart.  This has always worked smoothly.
>>>>
>>>> Huh? qemu.conf is the default.  The one with everything
>>>> commented out.  I even checked my backup: no change in
>>>> qemu.conf.
>>>>
>>>> Checking /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log gives:
>>>>
>>>> 2012-07-09 19:36:41.957+0000: 2821: info : libvirt version: 0.9.10,
>>>> package: 21.el6 (Scientific Linux, 2012-06-22-02:34:35, sl6.fnal.gov)
>>>> 2012-07-09 19:36:41.957+0000: 2821: error : virDomainDefParseXML:8871 :
>>>> Maximum CPUs greater than topology limit
>>>> 2012-07-09 19:36:41.959+0000: 2821: error : virDomainDefParseXML:8871 :
>>>> Maximum CPUs greater than topology limit
>>>> 2012-07-09 19:36:41.959+0000: 2821: error : virDomainDefParseXML:8871 :
>>>> Maximum CPUs greater than topology limit
>>>> 2012-07-09 19:36:41.960+0000: 2821: error : virDomainDefParseXML:8871 :
>>>> Maximum CPUs greater than topology limit
>>>> 2012-07-09 19:47:59.089+0000: 2811: error : qemuBuildCommandLine:5526 :
>>>> unsupported configuration: spice TLS port set in XML configuration, but
>>>> TLS is disabled in qemu.conf
>>>>
>>>> Again with the spice port error.
>>>>
>>>> The only thing I did to my system between working yesterday and
>>>> not working today was downgrade my flash-plugin.
>>>>
>>>> I tried setting "spice_tls = 1" in qemu.conf, but the other
>>>> four VM still do not show up.  Spice lays an egg on the ones
>>>> that do show up, so I set spice_tls back to commented out.
>>>>
>>>> I removed qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4.x86_64,
>>>> rebooted, reinstalled, rebooted.  No symptom change.
>>>>
>>>> What is the world?  I can not find anything wrong!
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> -T
>>>>
>>>
>>> What security errata and other rpms have been installed recently?
>>>
>>> -Connie Sieh
>>
>> Hi Connie,
>>
>> Thank you for the quick response.
>>
>> Two weeks ago, I installed "hexedit".  Nothing since then, except
>> for downgrading my "flash-plugin"
>>
>> -T
>
> Yes, but what about any possible behind-the-scenes security upgrades?
> Check /var/log/yum.log
>
> (Just a thought...)
>
> - Larry
>

Oh my.  A lot of stuff goes on in the background.  These
two look interesting:

Jul 09 11:18:50 Updated: libvirt-0.9.10-21.el6.x86_64
Jul 09 11:19:22 Updated: selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-155.el6_3.noarch