Hello Teodor, Did you set the 'xend-unix-server' variable to 'yes' in /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp config file? It is necessary to libvirt connect to xen.
Cheers, -- Marco Sinhoreli On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 4:23 AM, Teodor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: virt-manager > Version: 0.5.4-2 > Severity: important > > The status at starup is always "Disconnected" (for localhost). When > trying to connect I'm getting this error message: > ---- > Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'xen:///': > <class 'libvirt.libvirtError'> virConnectOpenAuth() failed > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 427, in > _open_thread > None], flags) > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 94, in > openAuth > if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') > libvirtError: virConnectOpenAuth() failed > ---- > > Even after manually installing and enabling libvirt-bin I get the same > result. > > Note that with `convirt' the status at startup is "Running". As DOM0 I'm > running the linux-xen flavour from etch (all the tools are from lenny/sid). > > Thanks > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-xen-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages virt-manager depends on: > ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit > ii libc6 2.7-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libcairo2 1.6.4-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics > libra > ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.4-2 The GLib library of C routines > ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface > ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-1 Layout and rendering of > internatio > ii librsvg2-common 2.22.2-2 SAX-based renderer library for > SVG > ii python-dbus 0.82.4-2 simple interprocess messaging > syst > ii python-glade2 2.12.1-6 GTK+ bindings: Glade support > ii python-gnome2 2.22.0-1 Python bindings for the GNOME > desk > ii python-gtk-vnc 0.3.6-2 A VNC viewer widget for GTK+ > (Pyth > ii python-gtk2 2.12.1-6 Python bindings for the GTK+ > widge > ii python-libvirt 0.4.2-6 libvirt Python bindings > ii python-urlgrabber 3.1.0-4 A high-level cross-protocol > url-gr > ii python-vte 1:0.16.14-1 Python bindings for the VTE > widget > ii python2.5 2.5.2-8 An interactive high-level > object-o > ii virtinst 0.300.3-4 Programs to create and clone > virtu > > Versions of packages virt-manager recommends: > ii hal 0.5.11-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer > > Versions of packages virt-manager suggests: > ii virt-viewer 0.0.3-2 Displaying the graphical console > o > > -- no debconf information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-libvirt-maintainers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-libvirt-maintainers > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]