Hi, I meet with the problem that "Error: unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock' ". I do as <a href="http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/FAQ#Error:_unable_to_connect_to_.27.2Fvar.2Frun.2Flibvirt.2Flibvirt-sock.27">Error: unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock' </a>said but never worked: root@shahe26:~# virsh error: unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock', libvirtd may need to be started: No such file or directory error: failed to connect to the hypervisor root@shahe26:~# ls /usr/lib64 | grep libvirt libvirt libvirt.a <a href="http://libvirt.la">libvirt.la</a> libvirt-qemu.a <a href="http://libvirt-qemu.la">libvirt-qemu.la</a> libvirt-qemu.so libvirt-qemu.so.0 libvirt-qemu.so.0.8.3 libvirt-qemu.so.0.9.0 libvirt.so libvirt.so.0 libvirt.so.0.8.3 libvirt.so.0.9.0 root@shahe26:~# ls /usr/lib32 | grep libvirt root@shahe26:~# /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin restart Restarting libvirt management daemon: /usr/sbin/libvirtd. root@shahe26:~# virsh error: unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock', libvirtd may need to be started: No such file or directory error: failed to connect to the hypervisor root@shahe26:~# I install the libvirt as follows: #./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 #make #make install my OS is debian6.0.1a: root@shahe26:~# uname -a Linux shahe26 2.6.32 #1 SMP Wed Apr 27 21:52:04 PDT 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@shahe26:~# How to solve this problem?thanks. best regards, qinguan