Re: [Libguestfs] Test fails in arch linux

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 08:50:12PM +0200, Nikos Skalkotos wrote: [...] I don't know specifically why it fails with ArchLinux, but the problem is caused by the /dev/virtio-ports/* symlinks not getting created by udev. /dev/vport0p1 exists: > crw------- 1 root root 252, 1 Feb 23 18:17 vport0p1 but udev doesn't make the corresponding /dev/virtio-ports symlink: > /dev/virtio-ports/org.libguestfs.channel.0: No such file or directory The symlink is supposed to be created by this udev rule: /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules:KERNEL=="vport*", ATTR{name}=="?*", SYMLINK+="virtio-ports/$attr{name}" So I'd start by looking to see if that rule exists in the udev rules that Arch is using. Secondly if it does exist, is the corresponding *.rules being copied into the appliance? (Check appliance/supermin.d/ hostfiles) In an old Ubuntu that has udev that predates having this rule, we add the following patch: http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/ubuntu1004-packages/0002-ubuntu-1... Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into Xen guests. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v