<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 03/16/2012 05:33 AM, Su Zhang wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:CAPjtyqsuENZ+Rt7dPPHge_oWw=E65h-41_js7FvHonj2xxXaCA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Eric Blake <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:eblake@redhat.com">eblake@redhat.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On 03/15/2012 02:57 PM, Su Zhang wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to use virt-install to install domU image. However, I > encountered the following issue. It seems that a connection driver is > needed for Xen. > I am new to both libvirt and Xen. Anyone have any ideas on what's wrong > with the following error ? > > > > # virt-install --connect=xen:/// -p -d > Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:17:55 DEBUG Launched with command line: > /usr/bin/virt-install --connect=xen:/// -p -d > Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:17:55 DEBUG Requesting libvirt URI xen:/// > Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:17:55 ERROR no connection driver available for No > connection for URI xen:/// </div> This probably means that your copy of libvirt.so and libvirtd was built without xen support. What does virsh --version=long say? Also, are you sure libvirtd is running? </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> In addition, I want to know your libvirt.so, libvirtd, xend location, for example, # which libvirtd # which xend # locate libvirt.so Please also make sure xend service is running: # service xend status <blockquote cite="mid:CAPjtyqsuENZ+Rt7dPPHge_oWw=E65h-41_js7FvHonj2xxXaCA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> -- Eric Blake <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:eblake@redhat.com">eblake@redhat.com</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:%2B1-919-301-3266" value="+19193013266">+1-919-301-3266</a> Libvirt virtualization library <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://libvirt.org" target="_blank">http://libvirt.org</a> </blockquote> </div> Eric, Here is the output: # virsh --version=long Virsh command line tool of libvirt 0.9.10 See web site at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://libvirt.org/">http://libvirt.org/</a> Compiled with support for: Hypervisors: Xen QEmu/KVM UML OpenVZ VirtualBox LXC Test Networking: Remote Daemon Network Bridging Nwfilter VirtualPort Storage: Dir Filesystem SCSI Multipath iSCSI LVM Miscellaneous: SELinux Secrets Debug It seems that it does support Xen. </blockquote> Yeah, Xen indeed appears in Hypervisors line. <blockquote cite="mid:CAPjtyqsuENZ+Rt7dPPHge_oWw=E65h-41_js7FvHonj2xxXaCA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> I am not sure if libvirtd is running so I use the following command to start it: [root@XenTester srv]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/libvirtd start </blockquote> Right, you may also use service libvirtd start, and check it by service libvirtd status or ps -ef|grep libvirtd. <blockquote cite="mid:CAPjtyqsuENZ+Rt7dPPHge_oWw=E65h-41_js7FvHonj2xxXaCA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> But the same error is still there. Am I using the right way to start libvirtd service? Are there any other possible reasons of this error? </blockquote> <blockquote cite="mid:CAPjtyqsuENZ+Rt7dPPHge_oWw=E65h-41_js7FvHonj2xxXaCA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> Thanks, -- Su Zhang Ph.D Candidate Computing and Information Sciences Kansas State University <pre wrap=""> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:libvirt-users@redhat.com">libvirt-users@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users</a></pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>