On 10/25/2009 10:25 AM, Jon Nordby wrote: > I get the following errors (skipping "system" yields the same): > [root@jon-laptop ~]# virsh -c qemu+ssh://10.0.0.2/system list > error: server closed connection > error: failed to connect to the hypervisor > > However, SSH and libvirtd both work on their own: > [root@jon-laptop ~]# ssh 10.0.0.2 > Last login: Sun Oct 25 14:06:07 2009 from 10.0.0.143 > [root@server0 ~]# virsh list > Id Name State > ---------------------------------- > 21 family-server running > > The connection is allowed in hosts.allow > libvirt 0.7.2 in both ends, kvm backend, Arch Linux > > What could be the source of this problem? And how can I find it? > ccing libvirt-list This could be an issue of 'nc' incompatibility. Does the 'nc' command on the remote system support the -U option? If you run the virsh command with LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1 virsh ... you should see the ssh command being run. See if running the command by hand produces an error. - Cole