[libvirt-users] virt-manager can't start

[Stephen Liu]

Hi folks,

KVM
Virt-manager
host - Debian 5.0

Starting;

Gnome
Applications -> System Tools - Virtual Machine Manager


popup following error;
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 346, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 248, in main
setup_logging()
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 124, in setup_logging
os.mkdir(vm_dir)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/satimis/.virt-manager'
- end -


$ ls -al /home/satimis/ | grep virt-manager
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-05-31 06:11 .virt-manager


$ mv /home/satimis/.virt-manager /home/satimis/.virt-manager.old01

Restart
Applications -> System Tools - Virtual Machine Manager

starting GUI virt-manager but without asking for login as root

$ ls -al /home/satimis/ | grep virt-manager
drwxr-xr-x 2 satimis satimis 4096 2010-01-31 10:00 .virt-manager


If changing the owner by running
$ sudo chown root:root /home/satimis/.virt-manager

GUI virt-manage can't start with abovementioned warning pop.


Please advise how to fix this problem. I expect with root-password to start GUI
virt-manager

TIA


B.R.
Stephen L

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[Cole Robinson]

Post by Stephen Liu
Hi folks,
KVM
Virt-manager
host - Debian 5.0
Starting;
Gnome
Applications -> System Tools - Virtual Machine Manager
popup following error;
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 346, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 248, in main
setup_logging()
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 124, in setup_logging
os.mkdir(vm_dir)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/satimis/.virt-manager'
- end -
$ ls -al /home/satimis/ | grep virt-manager
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-05-31 06:11 .virt-manager
$ mv /home/satimis/.virt-manager /home/satimis/.virt-manager.old01
Restart
Applications -> System Tools - Virtual Machine Manager
starting GUI virt-manager but without asking for login as root
$ ls -al /home/satimis/ | grep virt-manager
drwxr-xr-x 2 satimis satimis 4096 2010-01-31 10:00 .virt-manager
If changing the owner by running
$ sudo chown root:root /home/satimis/.virt-manager
GUI virt-manage can't start with abovementioned warning pop.
Please advise how to fix this problem. I expect with root-password to start GUI
virt-manager

You shouldn't be changing the ownership of the .virt-manager directory. If
running virt-manager and connecting to qemu:///system, a policykit dialog will
appear asking for root (on fedora at least), however the app will still be
running as a regular user.

If you want to run the app as root, use sudo or su. Other then that I'm not
sure what you are asking or why you are trying to change the directory
permissions.

FYI, I've improved error reporting in this area upstream now, so it will give
an explicit permission error rather than just blindly try to recreate the
directory:

http://hg.fedorahosted.org/hg/virt-manager/rev/96cd3bb0cdc0

[Stephen Liu]

From: Cole Robinson <***@redhat.com>
To: Stephen Liu <***@yahoo.com>
Cc: libvirt-***@redhat.com
Sent: Wed, February 3, 2010 11:11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] virt-manager can't start


- snip -

Post by Cole Robinson
You shouldn't be changing the ownership of the .virt-manager directory. If
running virt-manager and connecting to qemu:///system, a policykit dialog will
appear asking for root (on fedora at least), however the app will still be
running as a regular user.

Hi Cole,

Host - Debian 5.0
KVM
Libvert


This Virtual Machine has been running sometimes.


Before, on Gnome desktop

Applications - Sytem Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager
starts;
Autheticate
System Policy prevents management of local virtualized systems
.....

After entering root password -> Authenticate
starts "Virtual Machine Manager"


For unknown cause/incident ;
On Gnome desktop;

Applications - Sytem Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager

popup following error

Post by Cole Robinson
popup following error;
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 346, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 248, in main
setup_logging()
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 124, in setup_logging
os.mkdir(vm_dir)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/satimis/.virt-manager'
- end -

Then I ran "apt-get remove libvert" to remove it. And reinstalled it later.

However

Applications - System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager
starts "Virtual Machine Manager" without asking for root password to authenticate

$ ls -al /home/satimis/ | grep virt-manager
drwxr-xr-x 2 satimis satimis 4096 2009-05-31 06:11 .virt-manager

If I change its owner to "root root" it popup above warning. I can't start "Virtual Machine Manager".


How can I restore its original state requesting root password for authentication before starting "Virtual Machine Manager"? TIA


B.R.
Stephen

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[Cole Robinson]

Sent:* Wed, February 3, 2010 11:11:46 PM*
Subject:* Re: [libvirt-users] virt-manager can't start
- snip -

Post by Cole Robinson
You shouldn't be changing the ownership of the .virt-manager directory. If
running virt-manager and connecting to qemu:///system, a policykit

dialog will

Post by Cole Robinson
appear asking for root (on fedora at least), however the app will still be
running as a regular user.

Hi Cole,
Host - Debian 5.0
KVM
Libvert
This Virtual Machine has been running sometimes.
Before, on Gnome desktop
Applications - Sytem Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager
starts;
Autheticate
System Policy prevents management of local virtualized systems
.....
After entering root password -> Authenticate
starts "Virtual Machine Manager"
For unknown cause/incident ;
On Gnome desktop;
Applications - Sytem Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager
popup following error

Post by Cole Robinson
popup following error;
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 346, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 248, in main
setup_logging()
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 124, in

setup_logging

Post by Cole Robinson
os.mkdir(vm_dir)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/satimis/.virt-manager'
- end -

Then I ran "apt-get remove libvert" to remove it. And reinstalled it later.
However
Applications - System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager
starts "Virtual Machine Manager" without asking for root password to authenticate
$ ls -al /home/satimis/ | grep virt-manager
drwxr-xr-x 2 satimis satimis 4096 2009-05-31 06:11 .virt-manager
If I change its owner to "root root" it popup above warning. I can't
start "Virtual Machine Manager".
How can I restore its original state requesting root password for
authentication before starting "Virtual Machine Manager"? TIA

Firstly, delete ~/.virt-manager, and let the app create it with correct
permissions. Second, make sure libvirtd is installed and running. Finally,
when virt-manager is running, make sure it is connecting to the qemu:///system
connection: there should be a row name 'qemu' in the main window, right click
-> connect. This should ask for the root password.

If the qemu row isn't there for some reason, you can use File->Open Connection
to connect.

- Cole

[Stephen Liu]

________________________________
From: Cole Robinson <***@redhat.com>
To: Stephen Liu <***@yahoo.com>
Cc: libvirt-***@redhat.com
Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 5:45:17 AM
Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] virt-manager can't start


Host - Debian 5.0

- snip -

Post by Cole Robinson
Firstly, delete ~/.virt-manager, and let the app create it with correct
permissions. Second, make sure libvirtd is installed and running. Finally,
when virt-manager is running, make sure it is connecting to the qemu:///system
connection: there should be a row name 'qemu' in the main window, right click
-> connect. This should ask for the root password.
If the qemu row isn't there for some reason, you can use File->Open Connection
to connect.

$ rm -rf .virt-manager

Gnome
Applications -> System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager

qemu is not there instead "localhost" displayed. Clicking it drops down all VMs

Virtual Machine Manager
File -> No "Open Connect". Only "Add Connection"


$ apt-cache policy libvirt
W: Unable to locate package libvirt

$ apt-cache policy libvirtd
W: Unable to locate package libvirtd


$ apt-cache search libvirtd
No printout

$ apt-cache search libvirt
collectd - statistics collection and monitoring daemon
libvirt-bin - the programs for the libvirt library
libvirt-dev - development files for the libvirt library
libvirt-doc - documentation for the libvirt library
libvirt0-dbg - library for interfacing with different virtualization systems
libvirt0 - library for interfacing with different virtualization systems
python-libvirt - libvirt Python bindings
libvirt-ocaml-dev - OCaml bindings for libvirt
libvirt-ocaml - OCaml bindings for libvirt
munin-libvirt-plugins - Munin plugins using libvirt
virtinst - Programs to create and clone virtual machines

$ apt-cache policy libvirt0
libvirt0:
Installed: 0.4.6-10
Candidate: 0.4.6-10
Version table:
0.6.5-3~bpo50+1 0
1 http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/main Packages
*** 0.4.6-10 0
500 http://ftp.hk.debian.org lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

libvirtd NOT found


B.R.
satimis

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[Cole Robinson]

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*Sent:* Thu, February 4, 2010 5:45:17 AM
*Subject:* Re: [libvirt-users] virt-manager can't start
Host - Debian 5.0
- snip -

Post by Cole Robinson
Firstly, delete ~/.virt-manager, and let the app create it with correct
permissions. Second, make sure libvirtd is installed and running.

Finally,

Post by Cole Robinson
when virt-manager is running, make sure it is connecting to the

qemu:///system

Post by Cole Robinson
connection: there should be a row name 'qemu' in the main window,

right click

Post by Cole Robinson
-> connect. This should ask for the root password.
If the qemu row isn't there for some reason, you can use File->Open

Connection

Post by Cole Robinson
to connect.

$ rm -rf .virt-manager
Gnome
Applications -> System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager
qemu is not there instead "localhost" displayed. Clicking it drops down all VMs

Yeah, that's the row I mean. If it opens and shows VMs, sounds like that is
what you want. It might not be asking for root passwd twice because it is
caching the auth credentials: depends on what policykit version is installed.

virt-manager only asks for the root passwd to connect to the libvirt qemu
driver: sounds like it is doing that, so not sure if there is something else
you want.

Virtual Machine Manager
File -> No "Open Connect". Only "Add Connection"

Add connection is what I mean, sorry.

$ apt-cache policy libvirt
W: Unable to locate package libvirt
$ apt-cache policy libvirtd
W: Unable to locate package libvirtd
$ apt-cache search libvirtd
No printout
$ apt-cache search libvirt
collectd - statistics collection and monitoring daemon
libvirt-bin - the programs for the libvirt library
libvirt-dev - development files for the libvirt library
libvirt-doc - documentation for the libvirt library
libvirt0-dbg - library for interfacing with different virtualization systems
libvirt0 - library for interfacing with different virtualization systems
python-libvirt - libvirt Python bindings
libvirt-ocaml-dev - OCaml bindings for libvirt
libvirt-ocaml - OCaml bindings for libvirt
munin-libvirt-plugins - Munin plugins using libvirt
virtinst - Programs to create and clone virtual machines
$ apt-cache policy libvirt0
Installed: 0.4.6-10
Candidate: 0.4.6-10
0.6.5-3~bpo50+1 0
1 http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/main Packages
*** 0.4.6-10 0
500 http://ftp.hk.debian.org lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libvirtd NOT found

Sorry, I don't know what package libvirtd is in on debian based systems.

- Cole

[Stephen Liu]

From: Cole Robinson <***@redhat.com>

To: Stephen Liu <***@yahoo.com>
Cc: libvirt-***@redhat.com
Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 10:25:28 AM
Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] virt-manager can't start

- snip -

Post by Cole Robinson
Yeah, that's the row I mean. If it opens and shows VMs, sounds like that is
what you want. It might not be asking for root passwd twice because it is
caching the auth credentials: depends on what policykit version is installed.
virt-manager only asks for the root passwd to connect to the libvirt qemu
driver: sounds like it is doing that, so not sure if there is something else
you want.

Hi Cole,


I have 2 Virtual Machines here, both running KVM as virtualizer.


Virtual Machine-1
Host - Fedora 12
KVM
libvirt


Vitural Machine-2
Host - Debian 5.0
KVM
libvirt


Previously on Genom desktop of both machines
Applications -> System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager

starts 2 windows:-

Virtual Machine Manager
Name
localhost (QEMU) - connecting

and
Authenticate
Password for root

After entering root password -> Authenticate

changes;

Virtual Machine Manager
Name
localhost (QEMU)
vm01
vm02
vm03
....


For unknown accident/cause Virtual Machine-2 (Debian 5.0) changes;

Applications -> System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager

starts only 1 window, without Authenticate window asking for root password.

Virtual Machine Manager
Name
localhost
vm01
vm02
vm03
....


I don't know why? How can I change it back to its original state?

TIA


B.R.
Stephen

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[Cole Robinson]

*Sent:* Thu, February 4, 2010 10:25:28 AM
*Subject:* Re: [libvirt-users] virt-manager can't start
- snip -

Post by Cole Robinson
Yeah, that's the row I mean. If it opens and shows VMs, sounds like

that is

Post by Cole Robinson
what you want. It might not be asking for root passwd twice because it is
caching the auth credentials: depends on what policykit version is

installed.

Post by Cole Robinson
virt-manager only asks for the root passwd to connect to the libvirt qemu
driver: sounds like it is doing that, so not sure if there is

something else

Post by Cole Robinson
you want.

Hi Cole,
I have 2 Virtual Machines here, both running KVM as virtualizer.
Virtual Machine-1
Host - Fedora 12
KVM
libvirt
Vitural Machine-2
Host - Debian 5.0
KVM
libvirt
Previously on Genom desktop of both machines
Applications -> System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager
starts 2 windows:-
Virtual Machine Manager
Name
localhost (QEMU) - connecting
and
Authenticate
Password for root
After entering root password -> Authenticate
changes;
Virtual Machine Manager
Name
localhost (QEMU)
vm01
vm02
vm03
....
For unknown accident/cause Virtual Machine-2 (Debian 5.0) changes;
Applications -> System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager
starts only 1 window, without Authenticate window asking for root password.
Virtual Machine Manager
Name
localhost
vm01
vm02
vm03
....
I don't know why? How can I change it back to its original state?

I don't know why either, sorry. Maybe your root password credentials have been
cached, so it isn't asking anymore. If you log out or reboot the box, does
virt-manager ask for the password the next time you run it?

If that doesn't work, I would recommend filing a bug with debian.

- Cole