Strange libvirt problem - Revision history

Kamran at 18:51, 14 March 2011

2011-03-14T18:51:37Z

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-	When I start virt-manager from GNOME ~~dekstop~~ as a normal user, over VNC, the virt-manager ~~gioves~~ error as shown in ~~screenshot~~, and explained in the log file:	+	When I start virt-manager from GNOME desktop as a normal user, over VNC, the virt-manager gives error as shown in screen-shot, and explained in the log file:

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	* Service libvirtd is already running and has been restarted a couple of times.		* Service libvirtd is already running and has been restarted a couple of times.
-	* ~~Removiing~~ .virt-manager directory in user home directory has not helped either	+	* Removing .virt-manager directory in user home directory has not helped either
	<pre> [kamran@training ~]$ rm -fr .virt-manager </pre>		<pre> [kamran@training ~]$ rm -fr .virt-manager </pre>
	* Updated libvirt, kernel and libvirt related python packages. did not help.		* Updated libvirt, kernel and libvirt related python packages. did not help.

Kamran at 18:50, 14 March 2011

2011-03-14T18:50:58Z

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	When I start virt-manager from GNOME dekstop as a normal user, over VNC, the virt-manager gioves error as shown in screenshot, and explained in the log file:		When I start virt-manager from GNOME dekstop as a normal user, over VNC, the virt-manager gioves error as shown in screenshot, and explained in the log file:

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	Jul 9 00:37:01 training libvirtd: 00:37:01.811: error : remoteDispatchAuthPolkit:3432 : Policy kit denied action org.libvirt.unix.manage from pid 11588, uid 500, result: 256		Jul 9 00:37:01 training libvirtd: 00:37:01.811: error : remoteDispatchAuthPolkit:3432 : Policy kit denied action org.libvirt.unix.manage from pid 11588, uid 500, result: 256
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	Note:		Note:
-	~~1) service~~ libvirtd is already running and has been restarted a couple of times.	+	* Service libvirtd is already running and has been restarted a couple of times.
-	2) [kamran@training ~]$ rm -fr .virt-manager	+	* Removiing .virt-manager directory in user home directory has not helped either
-	~~has also been tried. Did not help.~~	+	<pre> [kamran@training ~]$ rm -fr .virt-manager </pre>
-	3) Updated libvirt, kernel and libvirt related python packages. did not help.	+	* Updated libvirt, kernel and libvirt related python packages. did not help.

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When I start virt-manager from GNOME dekstop as a normal user, over VNC, the virt-manager gioves error as shown in screenshot, and explained in the log file:

Jul 9 00:37:01 training libvirtd: 00:37:01.811: error : remoteDispatchAuthPolkit:3432 : Policy kit denied action org.libvirt.unix.manage from pid 11588, uid 500, result: 256

Note:
1) service libvirtd is already running and has been restarted a couple of times.
2) [kamran@training ~]$ rm -fr .virt-manager
has also been tried. Did not help.
3) Updated libvirt, kernel and libvirt related python packages. did not help.

Solutions:
* http://osdir.com/ml/libvir-list/2009-06/msg00179.html
* https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524732
* http://www.mail-archive.com/libvir-list@redhat.com/msg15512.html
* http://osdir.com/ml/emulators.libvirt/2007-08/msg00025.html