[libvirt] Re: [virt-tools-list] Questions about virt-manager running on Arch of Itanium 64

>> Hi everyone! >> I am a newer to the virt-manager and maillist. I sent the mail just want >> to ask some questions about virt-manager running on Arch of Itanium 64. >> My itanium 64 cpu actualy support the VT. I compiled the kvm85 >> successful. Then I can use the binary /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ia64 to >> create a vm and running. But in my /proc/cpuinfo , there doesn't have >> flags such as vmx or svm. So when I use the virt-manager to install a >> vm, the virt-manager will tell me my cpu doesn't support fully >> virtualization, then I can't install vm. In fact I can't get understand >> how the virt-manager find my cpu support the fully virtualization or >> not.In src, which file implements this. >> > > Just because qemu-kvm works doesn't mean virt is working on your box, since it > can fall back to full emulation mode. If you are trying to use kvm, is the kvm > module actually loaded? lsmod | grep kvm My kvm mod actually loaded. [root@kvm bin]# lsmod | grep kvm kvm_intel 306104 4294967281 kvm 327544 1 kvm_intel [root@kvm bin]# modinfo kvm filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28.9hzp/extra/kvm.ko license: GPL author: Qumranet version: kvm-85 srcversion: C399DD2D9B40BAAC05CD509 depends: vermagic: 2.6.28.9hzp SMP mod_unload modversions ia64gcc-4.1 > If so, libvirt may need to be fixed. What's the output of 'virsh --connect > qemu:///system capabilities' [root@kvm bin]# virsh --connect qemu:///system capabilities <capabilities> <host> <cpu> <arch>ia64</arch> </cpu> <topology> <cells num='1'> <cell id='0'> <cpus num='16'> <cpu id='0'/> <cpu id='1'/> <cpu id='2'/> <cpu id='3'/> <cpu id='4'/> <cpu id='5'/> <cpu id='6'/> <cpu id='7'/> <cpu id='8'/> <cpu id='9'/> <cpu id='10'/> <cpu id='11'/> <cpu id='12'/> <cpu id='13'/> <cpu id='14'/> <cpu id='15'/> </cpus> </cell> </cells> </topology> </host> >> My cpu is itanium 64, the OS is RHEL.The libvirt is 0.6.3, virt-manager >> is 0.6.1.

>> Once i tried to compile the virt-manager-0.8.0, but when i make check, >> it returns: >> >> PYTHONPATH=./..:../graphWidgets/.libs python addhardware.py && touch >> .tstamp.addhardware.py >> Traceback (mos! t recent call last): >> File "addhardware.py", line 32, in ? >> from virtinst import VirtualCharDevice, VirtualDevice, >> VirtualVideoDevice >> >> when i rpm -ivh virt-manager-0.6.1-8.el5.ia64.rpm, it could work. >> >> I don't know why this error occur. Can anyone be kind to tell me how? >> thanks a lot. >> > > You will also need to install the latest version of virtinst, found at: > > http://virt-manager.org/download.html I downloaded and compiled the latest version of virtinst: virtinst-0.500.0.tar.gz. then compile the virt-manager-0.8.0, error changed as below: [root@kvm virt-manager-0.8.0]# make check Making check in src make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dustin/virt-manager/virt-manager-0.8.0/src' Making check in virtManager make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dustin/virt-manager/virt-manager-0.8.0/src/virtManager' make check-local make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dustin/virt-manager/virt-manager-0.8.0/src/virtManager' PYTHONPATH=./..:../graphWidgets/.libs python about.py && touch .tstamp.about.py PYTHONPATH=./..:../graphWidgets/.libs python addhardware.py && touch .tstamp.addhardware.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "addhardware.py", line 35, in ? from virtManager.asyncjob import vmmAsyncJob File "/home/dustin/virt-manager/virt-manager-0.8.0/src/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 30, in ? class vmmAsyncJob(gobject.GObject): File "/home/dustin/virt-manager/virt-manager-0.8.0/src/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 40, in vmmAsyncJob def __init__(self, config, callback, args=None, NameError: name '_' is not defined Thanks for help.If you need any further infos please dont't hesitate to tell me.