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0005334CentOS-6virt-managerpublic2011-12-22 10:232015-04-21 16:10
Reporterdirk12345 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version6.2 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0005334: virt-manager doesn't launch anymore
DescriptionAfter the first launch of virt-manager, which worked as expected, i can not launch it again. I have to launch it with the dbus-launch command.

# virt-manager --no-fork --debug
(same problem if i don't provide the "--no-fork --debug" options...)

2011-12-21 14:12:40,943 (virt-manager:175): Application startup
2011-12-21 14:12:40,943 (virt-manager:352): Launched as: /usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py --no-fork --debug
2011-12-21 14:12:41,015 (config:34): Error importing spice: No module named SpiceClientGtk
2011-12-21 14:12:41,024 (virt-manager:462): Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-XaCLCqyiHN: Connection refused)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 455, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 390, in main
    icon_dir, data_dir)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/config.py", line 99, in __init__
    gconf.CLIENT_PRELOAD_NONE)
GError: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-XaCLCqyiHN: Connection refused)


I can lauch virt-manager with the following command.

# dbus-launch --exit-with-session virt-manager


Steps To Reproduce- launch virt-manager for the first time
# virt-manager

- close the application an try to launch it again
# virt-manager
Additional InformationI manage my kvm server from a windows xp client via putty + X11 forwarding and a cygwin xserver.
The kvm server's X DISPLAY is exported to my windows client.

There's no desktop enviroment installed on the kvm server.

TagsNo tags attached.

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dirk12345

dirk12345

2011-12-22 10:48

reporter   ~0014006

Sorry, the product version is 6.2!

# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.2 (Final)

# uname -r
2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64

# rpm -qa | grep virt
libvirt-client-0.9.4-23.el6_2.1.x86_64
virt-viewer-0.4.1-7.el6.x86_64
python-virtinst-0.600.0-5.el6.noarch
virt-top-1.0.4-3.11.el6.x86_64
libvirt-0.9.4-23.el6_2.1.x86_64
virt-v2v-0.8.3-5.el6.x86_64
libvirt-python-0.9.4-23.el6_2.1.x86_64
virt-manager-0.9.0-7.el6.x86_64
lhecking

lhecking

2012-02-06 12:41

reporter   ~0014410

Same here and I can confirm the issue. Thanks for the workaround.
dcabot

dcabot

2012-08-11 02:11

reporter   ~0015626

I have the same problem here.
tigalch

tigalch

2012-08-11 07:05

manager   ~0015627

Is the problem also there in 6.3?
dcabot

dcabot

2012-08-12 17:28

reporter   ~0015628

yes it is
demo007

demo007

2012-08-28 17:46

reporter   ~0015712

dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id solved this issue for me, probably a dbus bug.
toracat

toracat

2012-08-29 01:40

manager   ~0015713

Maybe related to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598200 .
ta.innok

ta.innok

2012-12-13 19:20

reporter   ~0016145

FYI:
same problem here after fresh install, Problem occurred directly after the fresh install.

Hardware: Dell Poweredge 1950, 2 x XEON 5160

Install:
CentOS 6.3 via 'CentOS-6.3-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso'
Select 'Virtual Host' during the Install-Package Group Selection.

After Install only eth1 activated, one run of 'yum update' and ntfs-3g installed (via EPEL).

One virtual guest created (WinXP fresh install from iso) and some start/stop playing with the new installed guest-OS.

Guest-OS shutdown, Host-OS (CentOS 6.3) reboot, and after the reboot of the Host-OS the descripted error occurred.

libvertd working correct (also able to start the guest-OS via virsh), only the virt-manager (and also virt-viewer) don't work.

The Problem was solved after the command given by demo007 (dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id).

X-Server: Xming running on Windows7, virt-manager started via SSH Connection.


Maybe someone change the 'Product Version' to 6.3 ??
snidley

snidley

2015-04-21 16:10

reporter   ~0022853

I am using 6.5 and 6.4, depending on the server. Both have the same problem. The "demo007" solution did not work. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Our configuration used xCAT, GPFS, NFS. I do an "ssh -Y" to get to the KVM host so that X can be forwarded. I had been periodically unable to run virt-manager directly, so ran started it via dbus-launch virt-manager. I am, however, able to use virt-viewer, and the problem with running virt-manager is now a solid failure.

I do have a 389-ds server running on a virtual client, and I can forward X from it. I just can't do it from this server.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2011-12-22 10:23 dirk12345 New Issue
2011-12-22 10:48 dirk12345 Note Added: 0014006
2011-12-22 13:19 toracat Product Version 6.1 => 6.2
2012-02-06 12:41 lhecking Note Added: 0014410
2012-08-11 02:11 dcabot Note Added: 0015626
2012-08-11 07:05 tigalch Note Added: 0015627
2012-08-12 17:28 dcabot Note Added: 0015628
2012-08-28 17:46 demo007 Note Added: 0015712
2012-08-29 01:40 toracat Note Added: 0015713
2012-12-13 19:20 ta.innok Note Added: 0016145
2015-04-21 16:10 snidley Note Added: 0022853