$ pfexec virt-manager

 - Lasse

On 23/01/2010, at 16.42, Bruno Damour wrote:

> 1. When I start virt-manager from the menu, when logged as the primary 
> administrator (first user) nothing happen.
> 2. When I start virt-manager from the menu, when logged as another user, I 
> get a popup asking for root password, then nothing.
> 3. If I launch it from a terminal as the primary administrator (first user), 
> I get a popup saying :
>    Error starting Virtual Machine Manager: Could not run virt-manager, not 
> root
> 4. If I su to root and launch it from a terminal, I get a python backtrace :
> 
> # virt-manager
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 379, in ?
>    _show_startup_error(str(run_e), "".join(traceback.format_exc()))
>  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 52, in 
> _show_startup_error
>    import gtk
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 69, 
> in ?
>    _init()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 57, 
> in _init
>    warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/warnings.py", line 61, in warn
>    warn_explicit(message, category, filename, lineno, module, registry)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/warnings.py", line 96, in warn_explicit
>    raise message
> gtk.GtkWarning: could not open display
> 
> Looks like a catch22 as there is no root user in opensolaris ?
> Any ideas ?
> 
> Bruno
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