Re: [libvirt] Unable to open virt-manager

On 03/23/2010 12:12 PM, Doron Fediuck wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to work remotely on a server with F12, using vnc. > When I start virt-manager, I do not get the authentication popup, and instead I get this message: > > Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'qemu:///system': > authentication failed > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 872, in _try_open > None], flags) > File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth > if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') > libvirtError: authentication failed > Are you running virt-manager over VNC? There were problems like this in the past, since VNC isn't a full desktop session, PolicyKit doesn't run. Other then that, not sure what could be wrong. - Cole