Starting with Ubuntu 16.10, it also comes with libvirtd and differentiate it from other distros is not necessary anymore. It also fixes an issue on libvirt service status verification causing failure on Kimchi plugin loading: dev@u1610:$ systemctl is-active libvirt-bin.service inactive dev@u1610:$ systemctl is-active libvirtd.service active Signed-off-by: Lucio Correia <luciojhc(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; --- utils.py | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py index 26d3cf6..1e2c951 100644 --- a/utils.py +++ b/utils.py @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import contextlib import json -import platform import re import sqlite3 import time @@ -264,11 +263,6 @@ def is_libvirtd_up(): """ Checks if libvirtd.service is up. """ - distro, _, _ = platform.linux_distribution() - if distro.lower() == 'ubuntu': - cmd = ['systemctl', 'is-active', 'libvirt-bin.service'] - else: - cmd = ['systemctl', 'is-active', 'libvirtd.service'] - + cmd = ['systemctl', 'is-active', 'libvirtd.service'] output, error, rc = run_command(cmd, silent=True) return True if output == 'active\n' else False