On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Jun Koi <junkoi2004@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am frustrated searching for a quick-start documentation for virsh, > just to no avail. Any help is greatly appreciated! > > Here is what I did: > - Compile and install libvirt, virt-manager, virt-install and > virt-viewer from source code. This is done (on Ubuntu 8.04). > - Now I want to do install a new VM with QEMU or KVM. I got the below > error with virt-install: > > > # virt-install -c qemu:///system --name jeos2 --ram 500 --file > img.jeos2 --cdrom jeos-8.04.1-jeos-i386.iso > Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:19:10 ERROR virConnectOpen() failed > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 496, in <module> > main() > File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 345, in main > conn = cli.getConnection(options.connect) > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/cli.py", line 92, in > getConnection > return libvirt.open(connect) > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 139, in open > if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpen() failed') > libvirtError: virConnectOpen() failed > > > > How to fix this? Perhaps I need to run libvirtd before using virsh??? I tried to run libvirtd to see if that fixes the problem, but got the below error: # libvirtd libvir: QEMU error : internal error failed to set bridge forward delay to 0 Failed to autostart network 'default': internal error failed to set bridge forward delay to 0 Thanks, Jun -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list