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Naughtyus
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 Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: Virt-Manager/libvirt: No libvirtd? |
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I'm trying to set up virt-manager to use as a front end for KVM. I've emerged virt-manager, and libvirt, and all their dependencies, but when I try to actually run virt-manager, I get an error telling me I need to start libvirtd.
Unfortunately, /etc/init.d/libvirtd (or variations of this) doesn't exist. Did I miss something obvious? |
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nextgen
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Same thing here.
I'm on amd64. |
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jamescondron
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:13 am Post subject: |
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| Where is the code trying to read from? It is written in python I seem to remember, so simple enough to scan through |
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Naughtyus
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Which code? Virt-Manager?
My understanding from running it on other distros is that usually libvirtd is a service that does need to be started, so it would make sense that it would ask for it if it isn't running (which it isn't) |
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Naughtyus
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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The ChangeLog in /usr/portage/app-emulation/libvirt shows this:
*libvirt-0.4.4 (08 Jul 2008)
08 Jul 2008; Lance Albertson <ramereth@gentoo.org>
+files/libvirt-0.4.4-kvm-cdrom-fix.patch, +files/libvirtd.confd,
+files/libvirtd.init, metadata.xml, +libvirt-0.4.4.ebuild:
* Bump version
* Add init scripts for libvirtd
I believe I'm running -r1, so maybe there is a disconnect there. I'll try to figure out the differences between 0.4.4 and 0.4.4-r1 |
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Naughtyus
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, so my fix was to use 0.4.4 instead of 0.4.4-r1
I don't know if this was the proper way to do it or not, but I essentially copied the 0.4.4 ebuild to my overlay dir, renamed it to 0.4.4-r1, did the rest of the overlay junk, and emerged libvirt again. |
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nextgen
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:34 am Post subject: |
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My fix was:
| Code: | | echo "app-emulation/libvirt lvm server" >> /etc/portage/package.use |
Probably the "lvm" use flag isn't necessary, but I want lvm support as well as server support. |
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dambacher
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Same with me here.
it's the "server" flag wich is activating libvirtd according to the useflags,
But did anybody of you get the group rights correct?
/damabcher |
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nextgen
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:47 am Post subject: |
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| dambacher wrote: | | But did anybody of you get the group rights correct? |
I can't create a new virtual machine with a regular user. Seems to work with root though. I haven't looked into this permission issue yet, but I'd be interested to get that fixed. |
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dambacher
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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Im working on this, too - after I sorted out which kernel module I missed yesterday.
But virt-manager is the best ui I found until now. And works and promising
/dambacher |
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