Bug 537066 – app-emulation/virt-manager-1.1.0 - if app-emulation/qemu[-usb,-usbredir]: libvirtError: unsupported configuration: USB redirection is not supported by this version of QEMU

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jan Matějka (RETIRED) 2015-01-19 17:08:56 UTC]

Unable to create a new virtual machine with virt-manager due to

Unable to complete install: 'unsupported configuration: USB redirection is not supported by this version of QEMU'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 89, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1855, in do_install
    guest.start_install(meter=meter)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 405, in start_install
    noboot)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 469, in _create_guest
    dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml or final_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 3464, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: unsupported configuration: USB redirection is not supported by this version of QEMU

Portage 2.2.14 (python 2.7.9-final-0, hardened/linux/amd64, gcc-4.7.3, glibc-2.19-r1, 3.12.21-gentoo-r1 x86_64)
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System uname: Linux-3.12.21-gentoo-r1-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-3770_CPU_@_3.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.2
KiB Mem:    16387160 total,  12226220 free
KiB Swap:          0 total,         0 free
Timestamp of tree: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:45:01 +0000
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sys-libs/glibc:           2.19-r1
Repositories: gentoo sunrise yac suse-internal
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PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
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app-emulation/virt-manager-1.1.0 was built with the following:
USE="gtk -debug -gnome-keyring -policykit -sasl" ABI_X86="64" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"


app-emulation/libvirt-1.2.10-r3 was built with the following:
USE="caps libvirtd macvtap nls qemu udev vepa virt-network -audit -avahi -firewalld -fuse -iscsi -lvm -lxc -nfs -numa -openvz -parted -pcap -phyp -policykit -rbd -sasl (-selinux) -systemd -uml -virtualbox -wireshark-plugins -xen" ABI_X86="64"


app-emulation/qemu-2.1.2-r2 was built with the following:
USE="aio alsa caps curl fdt filecaps jpeg ncurses nls opengl pin-upstream-blobs png seccomp spice threads uuid vhost-net vnc xattr -accessibility -bluetooth -debug (-glusterfs) -gtk -infiniband -iscsi -lzo -nfs -numa -pulseaudio -python -rbd -sasl -sdl (-selinux) -smartcard -snappy -ssh -static -static-softmmu -static-user -systemtap -tci -test -tls -usb -usbredir -vde -virtfs -xen -xfs" ABI_X86="64" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64 -aarch64 (-alpha) (-arm) -cris -lm32 (-m68k) -microblaze -microblazeel (-mips) -mips64 -mips64el -mipsel -moxie -or32 (-ppc) (-ppc64) -ppcemb -s390x -sh4 -sh4eb (-sparc) -sparc64 -unicore32 -xtensa -xtensaeb" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="-aarch64 (-alpha) (-arm) -armeb -cris -i386 (-m68k) -microblaze -microblazeel (-mips) -mips64 -mips64el -mipsel -mipsn32 -mipsn32el -or32 (-ppc) (-ppc64) -ppc64abi32 -s390x -sh4 -sh4eb (-sparc) -sparc32plus -sparc64 -unicore32 -x86_64"

>>> Attempting to run pkg_info() for 'app-emulation/qemu-2.1.2-r2'
Using:
  app-emulation/spice-protocol-0.12.3
  sys-firmware/ipxe-1.0.0_p20130925
  sys-firmware/seabios-1.7.5
    USE=binary
  sys-firmware/vgabios-0.7a


After recompiling qemu with usb and usbredir use flags it works.

Before making the machine installation, it's possible to modify the configuration prepared by wizard by it was not possible to remove the USB controller device because the button to "remove hardware" was disabled and I couldn't figure out any other way to create virtual machine with virt-manager any other way than enabling the usb and usbredir flags even if I don't need this functionality.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Matthias Maier 2015-01-19 17:35:17 UTC]

You have to build app-emulation/qemu with usb and usbredir use flag.

Unfortunately this is an awkward dependency.
Letting app-emulation/virt-manager depend on app-emulation/qemu[usb,usbredir] is wrong - virt-manager might be used to control a libvirt on a foreign host.

Letting app-emulation/libvirt depend on app-emulation/qemu[usb,usbredir] is a possibiliy. But this is, strictly speaking, an unnecessary restrictive dependency.

Maybe just an prominent elog message?

[Comment 2 Jan Matějka (RETIRED) 2015-01-22 16:35:42 UTC]

Well ideally it should be fixed in virt-manager to not require usb and usbredir if the remote libvirt/qemu doesn't support it.

Otherwise elog message with a reference to this bug until it's properly resolved would be nice I guess.

[Comment 3 dE 2015-02-02 07:58:09 UTC]

Confirmed.

Same with qemu[spice]

[Comment 4 dE 2015-02-02 08:00:14 UTC]

I would suggest a qemu_client USE which does not pull qemu. qemu USE will pull in qemu [spice usbredir]

[Comment 5 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) 2015-09-09 13:28:54 UTC]

(In reply to Jan Matějka from comment #2)
> Well ideally it should be fixed in virt-manager to not require usb and
> usbredir if the remote libvirt/qemu doesn't support it.
> 
> Otherwise elog message with a reference to this bug until it's properly
> resolved would be nice I guess.

I agree with you and I would suggest opening a bug with upstream.