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openvswitch package

brcompat does't start in Precise (12.04.5)

Bug #1357564 reported by Thiago Martins
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Bug Description

Guys,

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.5 with OpenvSwitch and its BRCOMPAT module (since old libvirt doesn't support OVS) but, it does not work.

Error:

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root@hyper-kvm-gateway-1:~# service openvswitch-switch restart
 * ovs-brcompatd is not running
 * Killing ovs-vswitchd (4519)
 * Killing ovsdb-server (4510)
/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl: 75: /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl: -e: not found
 * Inserting brcompat module
 * could not load brcompat module, disabling bridge compatibility
/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl: 75: /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl: -e: not found
 * Inserting brcompat module
 * could not load brcompat module, disabling bridge compatibility
 * Starting ovsdb-server
 * Configuring Open vSwitch system IDs
 * Starting ovs-vswitchd
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The old "bridge" kernel module isn't loaded.

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root@hyper-kvm-gateway-1:~# dpkg -l | grep openvswitch
ii openvswitch-brcompat 1.4.6-0ubuntu1.12.04.3 Open vSwitch bridge compatibility support
ii openvswitch-common 1.4.6-0ubuntu1.12.04.3 Open vSwitch common components
ii openvswitch-datapath-dkms 1.4.6-0ubuntu1.12.04.3 Open vSwitch datapath module source - DKMS version
ii openvswitch-switch 1.4.6-0ubuntu1.12.04.3 Open vSwitch switch implementations
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Am I missing something?!

Tks!
Thiago

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Thiago Martins (martinx) wrote :

I tried to install the packages:

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linux-image-generic-lts-saucy + openvswitch-datapath-lts-saucy-dkms
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But brcompt still does not work.

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James Page (james-page) wrote :

Minor script bug:

/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl: 75: /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl: -e: not found

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James Page (james-page) wrote :

Thiago

Can you confirm which kernel version you are using? I *think* its probably the 3.13 HWE kernel - for which we don't provide a compatible dkms package as the built-in openvswitch module has all core features of the dkms module. The downside is that upstream deprecated and remove the brcompat module, so there is no support for using brcompat with later hardware enablement kernels.

Changed in openvswitch (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for openvswitch (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in openvswitch (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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