On 02/04/2010 11:54 AM, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx> > *To:* Stephen Liu <satimis@xxxxxxxxx> > *Cc:* libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Thu, February 4, 2010 5:45:17 AM > *Subject:* Re: 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
