I just reinstalled my server, and am attempting so create a couple new guests, but virt-manager will no longer connect to the server since I added the storage pools to the libvirtd config. This is all I get after it prints out the server's description xml: 2012-01-18 19:40:20,950 (connection:1255): Couldn't fetch active pool 'vg0' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1252, in _poll_helper check_obj(name, True) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1231, in check_obj current[key] = build_class(self, obj, key, is_active) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/storagepool.py", line 38, in __init__ self.refresh() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/storagepool.py", line 115, in refresh self.pool.refresh(0) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 1921, in refresh if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virStoragePoolRefresh() failed', pool=self) libvirtError: End of file while reading data: Input/output error 2012-01-18 19:40:20,956 (connection:1227): Could not fetch pool 'diskimages': End of file while reading data: Input/output error 2012-01-18 19:40:20,958 (cli:85): Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/baseclass.py", line 33, in _safe_wrapper return func(*args) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1182, in _open_notify self.tick() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1422, in tick newInterfaces, self.interfaces) = self._update_interfaces() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1303, in _update_interfaces lookup_func, build_class) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1209, in _poll_helper if not check_support(): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 512, in is_interface_capable virtinst.support.SUPPORT_CONN_INTERFACE) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/virtinst/support.py", line 574, in check_conn_support return _check_support(conn, feature, conn) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/virtinst/support.py", line 442, in _check_support minimum_libvirt_version) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/virtinst/support.py", line 358, in _daemon_lib_ver return conn.getLibVersion() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 2873, in getLibVersion if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virConnectGetLibVersion() failed', conn=self) libvirtError: Cannot write data: Broken pipe None Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/baseclass.py", line 33, in _safe_wrapper return func(*args) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1182, in _open_notify self.tick() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1422, in tick newInterfaces, self.interfaces) = self._update_interfaces() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1303, in _update_interfaces lookup_func, build_class) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1209, in _poll_helper if not check_support(): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 512, in is_interface_capable virtinst.support.SUPPORT_CONN_INTERFACE) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/virtinst/support.py", line 574, in check_conn_support return _check_support(conn, feature, conn) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/virtinst/support.py", line 442, in _check_support minimum_libvirt_version) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/virtinst/support.py", line 358, in _daemon_lib_ver return conn.getLibVersion() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 2873, in getLibVersion if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virConnectGetLibVersion() failed', conn=self) libvirt.libvirtError: Cannot write data: Broken pipe 2012-01-19 02:40:20.966+0000: 4041: info : libvirt version: 0.9.8 2012-01-19 02:40:20.966+0000: 4041: warning : virKeepAliveSend:128 : Failed to send keepalive response to client 0x7fd194000df0 2012-01-18 19:40:20,967 (engine:453): Could not refresh connection qemu+tcp://boris.home.tomasu.org/system. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 440, in _tick conn.tick() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1410, in tick self.hostinfo = self.vmm.getInfo() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 2867, in getInfo if ret is None: raise libvirtError ('virNodeGetInfo() failed', conn=self) libvirtError: Cannot write data: Broken pipe 2012-01-18 19:40:20,969 (engine:454): Closing connection since libvirtd appears to have stopped. l^C2012-01-18 19:40:41,583 (virt-manager:385): Received KeyboardInterrupt. Exiting application. What would cause this? -- Thomas Fjellstrom thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx