[virt-tools-list] Virt-manager just sits at Connecting...

[Greg Teiber]

I'll give the google route a shot.

I su, and become root in the terminal.  Then type virt-manager.  

[sa at vm02 ~]$ su
Password:
[root at vm02 sa]# virt-manager

I have tried running virt-manager and giving it the root password when it opens.  I get the same result, where it just sits there "Connecting..."

-Greg


-----Original Message-----
From: Cole Robinson [mailto:crobinso at redhat.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 10:45 AM
To: Greg Teiber; virt-tools-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] Virt-manager just sits at Connecting...

On 01/14/2016 11:39 AM, Greg Teiber wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
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> I didn't see an archive search function...  So here we go. 
> 

There isn't one. But if you google 'virt-tools-list <your question>' it's pretty close

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> When I open virt-manager it opens up, and sits there with "QEMU/KVM - 
> Connecting..."  And doesn't advance.
> 
> When I first installed this machine, VMM was able to open, and I was 
> able to create guests.  However, I was unable to view their consoles.  
> After rebooting the host, now VMM seems unable to connect.
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> I've verified that qemu is running.  If I do virsh - connect 
> qemu:///system list  I do see the list of created guests.  And I can 
> even start them from the command line.
> 
> I'm running centos 7.  The console I'm logged into is a non privileged user. 
> I open a terminal and launch VMM as root. 
> 

How are you launching it as root? Exact command please. sudo, su, su -, su -c, etc.

Generally running a UI app as root from a regular desktop session can cause all sorts of issues with dbus access. Better to run virt-manager as a regular user, then feed it your root password via the polkit prompt.

- Cole