On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 04:45:17AM -0700, andres...@gmail.com wrote: > cubit 13/01/2017 20:31:05 UTC-2: > > I'm trying to run the kali iso as a HVM but when running qvm-start in dom0 > > it just fails with the errors below. The template being used is a > > standalone HVM. Can anyone have pointers on how to work this? > > > > $ qvm-start kali --cdrom work:/home/user/kali-linux-xfce-2016.2-amd64.iso > > --> Loading the VM (type = HVM)... > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/qvm-start", line 136, in <module> > > main() > > File "/usr/bin/qvm-start", line 120, in main > > xid = vm.start(verbose=options.verbose, > > preparing_dvm=options.preparing_dvm, start_guid=not options.noguid, > > notify_function=tray_notify_generic if options.tray else None) > > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/qubes/modules/01QubesHVm.py", > > line 335, in start > > return super(QubesHVm, self).start(*args, **kwargs) > > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/qubes/modules/000QubesVm.py", > > line 1966, in start > > self.libvirt_domain.createWithFlags(libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_START_PAUSED) > > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1059, in > > createWithFlags > > if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreateWithFlags() failed', > > dom=self) > > libvirt.libvirtError: internal error: libxenlight failed to create new > > domain 'kali' > > Any updates about this issue? I'm getting the same error trying to install > Debian 8 or Ubuntu 16.04 as HVM. >
I see this error if there's a typo in the filename or permissions are wrong. Otherwise it works as expected - what versions of the Qubes packages are you using? What are specs of your box? Plenty of RAM? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20170705223024.dhv53nx2ogjtos4z%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.