[libvirt-users] [libvirt] Error: unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock'

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 08:07:30PM +0800, guan qin wrote:
> Hi,
> I meet with the problem that "Error: unable to connect to
> '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock' ".
> I do as  Error: unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock'
> <http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/FAQ#Error:_unable_to_connect_to_.27.2Fvar.2Frun.2Flibvirt.2Flibvirt-sock.27>said
> but never worked:
> 
> root at shahe26:~# virsh
> error: unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock', libvirtd may
> need to be started: No such file or directory
> error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
> root at shahe26:~# ls /usr/lib64 | grep libvirt
> libvirt
> libvirt.a
> libvirt.la
> libvirt-qemu.a
> libvirt-qemu.la
> libvirt-qemu.so
> libvirt-qemu.so.0
> libvirt-qemu.so.0.8.3
> libvirt-qemu.so.0.9.0
> libvirt.so
> libvirt.so.0
> libvirt.so.0.8.3
> libvirt.so.0.9.0
> root at shahe26:~# ls /usr/lib32 | grep libvirt
> root at shahe26:~# /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin restart
> Restarting libvirt management daemon: /usr/sbin/libvirtd.
> root at shahe26:~# virsh
> error: unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock', libvirtd may
> need to be started: No such file or directory
> error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
> root at shahe26:~#
> 
> I install the libvirt as follows:
> #./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64

You're missing   --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc

> #make
> #make install
> 


Regards,
Daniel
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