I'll give the google route a shot. I su, and become root in the terminal. Then type virt-manager. [sa@vm02 ~]$ su Password: [root@vm02 sa]# virt-manager I have tried running virt-manager and giving it the root password when it opens. I get the same result, where it just sits there "Connecting..." -Greg -----Original Message----- From: Cole Robinson [mailto:crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 10:45 AM To: Greg Teiber; virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Virt-manager just sits at Connecting... On 01/14/2016 11:39 AM, Greg Teiber wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > > > I didn't see an archive search function... So here we go. > There isn't one. But if you google 'virt-tools-list <your question>' it's pretty close > > > When I open virt-manager it opens up, and sits there with "QEMU/KVM - > Connecting..." And doesn't advance. > > When I first installed this machine, VMM was able to open, and I was > able to create guests. However, I was unable to view their consoles. > After rebooting the host, now VMM seems unable to connect. > > > > I've verified that qemu is running. If I do virsh - connect > qemu:///system list I do see the list of created guests. And I can > even start them from the command line. > > I'm running centos 7. The console I'm logged into is a non privileged user. > I open a terminal and launch VMM as root. > How are you launching it as root? Exact command please. sudo, su, su -, su -c, etc. Generally running a UI app as root from a regular desktop session can cause all sorts of issues with dbus access. Better to run virt-manager as a regular user, then feed it your root password via the polkit prompt. - Cole _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
