[et-mgmt-tools] virt-manager - no x windows

[Chris Sarginson - Technical Support]

AFAIK virt-manager is the gui interface.

virsh is the command line.

virsh help should see you on your way.

Kind regards

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Tom Brown wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Is it possible to run virtmanager in purely command line mode without 
> using X at all?
> 
> I cant seem to find a man page for it etc and i am trying it without X
> 
> use virt-manager or reconnect with virsh console virtbox
> 
> [root at xxxxxx] # virt-manager
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 59, in ?
>    import gtk
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 
> 76, in ?
>    _init()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 
> 64, in _init
>    _gtk.init_check()
> RuntimeError: could not open display
> 
> thanks
> 
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