[libvirt-users] virt-manager can't start

[Cole Robinson]

On 02/04/2010 11:54 AM, Stephen Liu wrote:
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> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com>
> *To:* Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* libvirt-users at redhat.com
> *Sent:* Thu, February 4, 2010 5:45:17 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [libvirt-users] virt-manager can't start
> 
> 
> Host - Debian 5.0
> 
>  - snip -
> 
>>  Firstly, delete ~/.virt-manager, and let the app create it with correct
>>  permissions. Second, make sure libvirtd is installed and running.
> Finally,
>>  when virt-manager is running, make sure it is connecting to the
> qemu:///system
>>  connection: there should be a row name 'qemu' in the main window,
> right click
>>  -> connect. This should ask for the root password.
> 
>> If the qemu row isn't there for some reason, you can use File->Open
> Connection
>> to connect.
> 
> $ rm -rf .virt-manager
> 
> Gnome
> Applications -> System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager
> 
> qemu is not there instead "localhost" displayed.  Clicking it drops down
> all VMs
> 

Yeah, that's the row I mean. If it opens and shows VMs, sounds like that is
what you want. It might not be asking for root passwd twice because it is
caching the auth credentials: depends on what policykit version is installed.

virt-manager only asks for the root passwd to connect to the libvirt qemu
driver: sounds like it is doing that, so not sure if there is something else
you want.

> Virtual Machine Manager
> File -> No "Open Connect".  Only "Add Connection"
> 

Add connection is what I mean, sorry.

> 
> $ apt-cache policy libvirt
> W: Unable to locate package libvirt
> 
> $ apt-cache policy libvirtd
> W: Unable to locate package libvirtd
> 
> 
> $ apt-cache search libvirtd
> No printout
> 
> $ apt-cache search libvirt
> collectd - statistics collection and monitoring daemon
> libvirt-bin - the programs for the libvirt library
> libvirt-dev - development files for the libvirt library
> libvirt-doc - documentation for the libvirt library
> libvirt0-dbg - library for interfacing with different virtualization systems
> libvirt0 - library for interfacing with different virtualization systems
> python-libvirt - libvirt Python bindings
> libvirt-ocaml-dev - OCaml bindings for libvirt
> libvirt-ocaml - OCaml bindings for libvirt
> munin-libvirt-plugins - Munin plugins using libvirt
> virtinst - Programs to create and clone virtual machines
> 
> $ apt-cache policy libvirt0
> libvirt0:
>   Installed: 0.4.6-10
>   Candidate: 0.4.6-10
>   Version table:
>      0.6.5-3~bpo50+1 0
>           1 http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/main Packages
>  *** 0.4.6-10 0
>         500 http://ftp.hk.debian.org lenny/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 
> libvirtd NOT found
>

Sorry, I don't know what package libvirtd is in on debian based systems.

- Cole