Cole Robinson wrote: > 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. > Morgan, were you using the libvirt 0.9.11 package from OBS Virtualization project? FYI, I added the referenced patch to the libvirt package today. See also https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757766 Regards, Jim
