<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>Hi,<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Maybe this is just a newbie question. I am trying to inspect VMware images with guestfish.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>I am running Fedora 15 in a VSphere VM. Once Fedora is installed I do:<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>yum update<o:p></o:p>yum install ‘*guestf*’<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Then I run guesfish on a copy of a Fedora 15 disk.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>guestfish –rw –I –a Fedora15-2-disk1.vmdk<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>with the following result:<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>libguestfs: error: unexpected end of file when reading from daemon.<o:p></o:p>This usually means the libguestfs appliance failed to start up. Please<o:p></o:p>enable debugging (LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1) and rerun the command, then look at<o:p></o:p>the debug messages output prior to this error.<o:p></o:p>Or you can run 'libguestfs-test-tool' and post the complete output into<o:p></o:p>a bug report or message to the libguestfs mailing list.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Below is the debug trace. My understaningd is KVM or any hypervisor software is not required by the libguestfs architecture.<o:p></o:p>It seems like the most telling message is:<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p> qemu-kvm: -drive file=Fedora15-2-disk1.vmdk,cache=off,if=virtio: could not open disk image Fedora15-2-disk1.vmdk: Operation not permitted<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>I presume I am performing a very basic function which is expected to work. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Thanks in advance<o:p></o:p>Derek<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>libguestfs: new guestfs handle 0x2123650<o:p></o:p>libguestfs: [00000ms] febootstrap-supermin-helper --verbose -f checksum '/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d' x86_64<o:p></o:p>supermin helper [00000ms] whitelist = (not specified), host_cpu = x86_64, kernel = (null), initrd = (null), appliance = (null)<o:p></o:p>supermin helper [00000ms] inputs[0] = /usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d<o:p></o:p>checking modpath /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64 is a directory<o:p></o:p>picked vmlinuz-2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64 because modpath /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64 exists<o:p></o:p>checking modpath /lib/modules/2.6.40.6-0.fc15.x86_64 is a directory<o:p></o:p>picked vmlinuz-2.6.40.6-0.fc15.x86_64 because modpath /lib/modules/2.6.40.6-0.fc15.x86_64 exists<o:p></o:p>supermin helper [00000ms] finished creating kernel<o:p></o:p>supermin helper [00000ms] visiting /usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d<o:p></o:p>supermin helper [00000ms] visiting /usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/base.img<o:p></o:p>supermin helper [00000ms] visiting /usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.img<o:p></o:p>supermin helper [00000ms] visiting /usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles<o:p></o:p>supermin helper [00025ms] visiting /usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/init.img<o:p></o:p>supermin helper [00093ms] finished creating appliance<o:p></o:p>libguestfs: [00095ms] begin testing qemu features<o:p></o:p>libguestfs: [00107ms] finished testing qemu features<o:p></o:p>libguestfs: accept_from_daemon: 0x2123650 g->state = 1<o:p></o:p>libguestfs: is_openable: /dev/kvm: No such file or directory<o:p></o:p>libguestfs: [00122ms] /usr/bin/qemu-kvm \\n -drive file=Fedora15-2-disk1.vmdk,cache=off,if=virtio \\n -nodefconfig \\n -nodefaults \\n -nographic \\n -m 500 \\n -no-reboot \\n -no-hpet \\n -device virtio-serial \\n -serial stdio \\n -chardev socket,path=/tmp/libguestfsH4wsQ8/guestfsd.sock,id=channel0 \\n -device virtserialport,chardev=channel0,name=org.libguestfs.channel.0 \\n -kernel /var/tmp/.guestfs-500/kernel.2427 \\n -initrd /var/tmp/.guestfs-500/initrd.2427 \\n -append 'panic=1 console=ttyS0 udevtimeout=300 noapic acpi=off printk.time=1 cgroup_disable=memory selinux=0 guestfs_verbose=1 TERM=xterm ' \\n -drive file=/var/tmp/.guestfs-500/root.2427,snapshot=on,if=virtio,cache=unsafe<o:p></o:p>open /dev/kvm: No such file or directory<o:p></o:p>Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support<o:p></o:p>qemu-kvm: -drive file=Fedora15-2-disk1.vmdk,cache=off,if=virtio: could not open disk image Fedora15-2-disk1.vmdk: Operation not permitted<o:p></o:p>libguestfs: error: unexpected end of file when reading from daemon.<o:p></o:p>See earlier debug messages.<o:p></o:p>Or you can run 'libguestfs-test-tool' and post the complete output into<o:p></o:p>a bug report or message to the libguestfs mailing list.<o:p></o:p>libguestfs: child_cleanup: 0x2123650: child process died<o:p></o:p>libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x2123650 (state 0)<o:p></o:p></div></body></html>