[libvirt-users] connect libvirt and virtualbox

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Wed Mar 31 17:29:51 UTC 2010


On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 06:18:07PM +0100, Matthias Bolte wrote:
> 2010/3/31 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>:
> > 2010/3/31 angelo alfano <angeloalfa76 at yahoo.it>:
> >>
> >>>2010/3/31 angelo alfano <angeloalfa76 at yahoo.it>:
> >>>> conn = libvirt.open("vbox:///session")
> >>>>
> >>>> return this error:
> >>>>
> >>>> libvir: VBOX error : internal error unable to initialize VirtualBox
> >>>> driver
> >>>> API
> >>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>>>   File "prova.py", line 5, in <module>
> >>>>     conn = libvirt.open("vbox:///session")
> >>>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 163, in open
> >>>>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpen() failed')
> >>>> libvirt.libvirtError: internal error unable to initialize VirtualBox
> >>>> driver
> >>>> API
> >>>>
> >>>> why?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>This error basically says, that libvirt doesn't support your VirtualBox
> >>> version.
> >>>
> >>>What libvirt and VirtualBox version do you use?
> >>>
> >>>Matthias
> >>
> >>
> >> libvirt 0.7.0
> >> virtualbox 3.2
> >>
> >> Angelo
> >>
> >
> > libvirt currently supports up to VirtualBox 3.1 and needs to be
> > updated to support 3.2.
> >
> > I've CCed the VirtualBox driver maintainer.
> >
> > Matthias
> >
> 
> Hm, the mail was bounced back to me from the Sun mail server, saying
> pritesh.kothari at sun.com is an unknown user.

Pritesh is still on the list under a gmail addr, so he should still
see your messages

Regards,
Daniel
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