If having lvm with name "kvm", /dev/kvm can't be used by kvm
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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partman-lvm (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: kvm
If you name your physical machine "kvm" and use the guided partitioner for lvm, the path /dev/kvm will be used by lvm.
This leads to problem when you later install package "kvm" that also wants to use /dev/kvm.
The result is that kvm is not working and saying that hardware virtualization support can't be found.
This problem is because users can accidental choose a computer name that ubuntu installer is using as lvm name.
Maybe a solution can be to restrict what lvm names that can be created by the user under the installation. And with the guided partitioner under installation, add a random prefix all the time.
Please move this bug to the right project here on launchpad. Like "ubuntu installer project" (can't find it myself).
Changed in partman-lvm: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Don't do that, then?