have you resolve this isse I met the same issue as you qemu-system-x86_64: -netdev tap,id=idafPmQW,fd=21: TUNGETIFF ioctl() failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device Thanks Lei On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 4:36 PM, sumit sengupta <sumit_sngpt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > When I'm trying to run qemu-kvm command on RHEL6(linux kernel 2.6.32) then I > get following errors which I think related to tap devices in my setup. Any > idea why is that? > > > bash$ LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none > /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.2.0 -enable-kvm -m 512 -smp > 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -name instance-00000027 -uuid > a93aeed9-15f7-4ded-b6b3-34c8d2c101a8 -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev > socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/instance-00000027.monitor,server,nowait > -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown > -kernel /home/sumitsen/openstack/nova/instances/instance-00000027/kernel > -initrd /home/sumitsen/openstack/nova/instances/instance-00000027/ramdisk > -append root=/dev/vda console=ttyS0 -drive > file=/home/sumitsen/openstack/nova/instances/instance-00000027/disk,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=qcow2,cache=none > -device > virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0 > -netdev tap,fd=26,id=hostnet0 -device > rtl8139,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=fa:16:3e:15:84:3e,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 > -chardev > file,id=charserial0,path=/home/sumitsen/openstack/nova/instances/instance-00000027/console.log > -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev > pty,id=charserial1 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial1,id=serial1 -usb > -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -k en-us -vga cirrus -device > virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 > char device redirected to /dev/pts/1 > qemu-kvm: -netdev tap,fd=26,id=hostnet0: TUNGETIFF ioctl() failed: Bad file > descriptor > TUNSETOFFLOAD ioctl() failed: Bad file descriptor > qemu-kvm: -append root=/dev/vda: could not open disk image console=ttyS0: No > such file or directory > > [sumitsen@sorrygate-dr ~]$ rpm -qa qemu-kvm > qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.209.el6.x86_64 > > Let me know if you need any other info. > > Thanks, > Sumit > > _______________________________________________ > libvirt-users mailing list > libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users