<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Hi folks,<br>
<br>
KVM<br>
Virt-manager<br>
host - Debian 5.0<br>
<br>
Starting;<br>
<br>
Gnome<br>
Applications -> System Tools - Virtual Machine Manager<br>
<br>
<br>
popup following error;<br>
Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 346, in <module><br>
main()<br>
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 248, in main<br>
setup_logging()<br>
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 124, in setup_logging<br>
os.mkdir(vm_dir)<br>
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/satimis/.virt-manager'<br>
- end -<br>
<br>
<br>
$ ls -al /home/satimis/ | grep virt-manager<br>
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-05-31 06:11 .virt-manager<br>
<br>
<br>
$ mv /home/satimis/.virt-manager /home/satimis/.virt-manager.old01<br>
<br>
Restart<br>
Applications -> System Tools - Virtual Machine Manager<br>
<br>
starting GUI virt-manager but without asking for login as root<br>
<br>
$ ls -al /home/satimis/ | grep virt-manager<br>
drwxr-xr-x 2 satimis satimis 4096 2010-01-31 10:00 .virt-manager<br>
<br>
<br>
If changing the owner by running<br>
$ sudo chown root:root /home/satimis/.virt-manager<br>
<br>
GUI virt-manage can't start with abovementioned warning pop.<br>
<br>
<br>
Please advise how to fix this problem. I expect with root-password to start GUI <br>
virt-manager<br>
<br>
TIA<br>
<br>
<br>
B.R.<br>
Stephen L
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