On 04/25/2012 07:18 AM, Morgan Cox wrote: > Hi. > > I am having major usability issues after recent updates of (I believe) > the blame lies in libvirt updates.... > > Previously I just setup a new connection using virt-manager - I > entered the root password - I used to connect then actually was able > to use virt-manager. > > Now... I'm having major issues. > > In openSUSE (for example) virt-manager is completely broken - even > though I enter username 'root' it ALWAYS connects as my username - so > i can no longer use virt-manager at all with that OS. > > To make things worse in KDE (this also happens in arch) I have a grey > dialogue box that you CANNOT!! paste the password in - I have to type > it out (like its windows or something..) > > To see what I mean see :- > > http://imgur.com/FOSvq > > So opensuse (kde) is completely broken - Arch linux involves typing a > 24 char pass in (instead of pasting) - and worse : I have to keep > !!TYPING!! the password in each time I do anything - i.e enter a VM - > so its really not usable . > > Say I want to connect and enter 4 vm's - thats 5 times I have to enter > the password - WHY ?????? > > As a workaround i changed the root pass to a simple (short) password > everytime I use virt-manager - so its a crappy workaround. > > In Debian (gnome2) I use the backports version of libvirt and the same > thing occurs - although that's slightly better as I can paste the pass > in that dialogue box - although (again) I have to type (or paste) the > pass in each time I do anything. > > I used to just use the SSH key to connect - why the hell can't i now ? > > Sorry for the tone of this email but virt-manager used to work 100% > fine and now its pretty much broken. > > How can I make it work like it used to ? (Or is downgrading the only way ?) > > I do not want to put the pass in every single time I do anything. > > How can I configure it to connect via SSH key (as i used to?) > The change was not intentional, it's just a libvirt bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811397 Ask your distro to backport the relevant patch or downgrade libvirt on your host. - Cole
