[et-mgmt-tools] virtmanager error when trying to connect on Ubuntu

[Hugh Brock]

Cam Macdonell wrote:
> Hugh Brock wrote:
>> Cameron Macdonell wrote:
>>> On 17-Sep-07, at 12:43 PM, Hugh Brock wrote:
>> Well, it depends on how you have defined any VMs you are running. If 
>> you have defined KVM vms via libvirt, then virt-manager will get the 
>> relevant information for them from libvirt and display them in the UI. 
>> If you haven't defined any domains at all, you can create them by 
>> clicking the "new" button next to the KVM connection in virt-manager.
>>
>> If you've created a KVM guest outside of libvirt, you'll need to 
>> redefine it using libvirt via "virsh define", or manually place a 
>> complete XML domain definition in the correct directory under 
>> /etc/libvirt -- otherwise libvirt has no way of knowing anything about 
>> the guest and can't manage it for you.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> --Hugh
>>
> 
> Thanks Hugh, your help has been invaluable.
> 
> I can start the VM, but I can't specify a VNC option (SDL works, 
> though).  I keep getting "Could not parse VNC address".  I've read some 
> pages that point to a dependency on gtkvnc error, but I wouldn't expect 
> a dependency to manifest itself as an error like this (but I could be 
> wrong).  I'm using Ubuntu which does not package virt-manager, so I've 
> had to build mostly from scratch, is there a config option I'm missing?
> 
> Thanks again,
> Cam

Ahh yeah sorry this is a lot more difficult without packaging. I believe 
you are now running afoul of our newly introduced dependency on gtk-vnc, 
  which is a gtk widget that renders a vnc connection. You can download 
it from http://gtk-vnc.sourceforge.net.

Where is the error showing up exactly? Even without the gtk-vnc widget, 
you should be able to make a normal vnc connection to your guest using 
vncviewer (for example).

--Hugh

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