Fedora 12: Virtualization Manager issues.

[suvayu ali]

2009/11/27 Tom Horsley <tom.horsley at att.net>:
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:16:48 -0600
> Tanner Danzey wrote:
>
>> "dbus already started"
>>
>> Do i need a dbus session on my -client-?
>> Cause if i do, ill just give up (Im using windows as a client right now)
>
> You probably need one running somewhere that has a valid X display
> anyway, because the polkit daemon is the one that pops up the
> dialog asking for the root password. (I think, I'm never sure
> what they've done to me with all this junk).
>
> Of course, the other option is just to ssh in as root, who should
> be able to run virt-manager directly.
>

Doesn't the OP need to have X windows for that as well? Correct me if
I am wrong, but I think the only way to do anything with
virtualization without X is to use kvm commands by hand with the
daemon flag set.

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