> >> libvirtError: monitor socket did not show up.: Connection refused >> > This all basically says the KVM guest failed to start. Check the > log file in /var/log/libvirt/qemu/$NAME.log for possible further > details > > > Regards, > Daniel > Thanks but this is the only info I got in the log cat fedora_core12.log LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.11 -m 1048576 -smp 2 -name fedora_core12 -uuid f1038428-1cda-764b-f35c-f5270f8022cb -monitor unix:/var/run/libvirt/qemu/fedora_core12.monitor,server,nowait -no-reboot -boot d -drive file=/var/kvm_images_local/fedora_core12.qcow2,if=ide,index=0 -drive file=/root/Fedora-12-x86_64-netinst.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2 -net nic,macaddr=54:52:00:03:63:c4,vlan=0,name=nic.0 -net tap,fd=19,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -serial pty -parallel none -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:4 -k en-us -vga cirrus char device redirected to /dev/pts/5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html