Hi all,

I am new to the group and hence there might be a chance I might be asking a simple question... The thing is I compiled and installed libvirt from git. Then in my terminal window I started virsh. It started. Then since I had Virtual Box installed on my machine I ran "connect vbox:///session". Once I did this I got two errors which said: error: Failed to connect to the hypervisor error: internal error unable to initialize VirtualBox driver API

I am unable to resolve this issue...Any input is welcome! Thanks! -- Regards, Arslan Waqar.

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Hey Peter, On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com <mailto:pkrempa@redhat.com>> wrote: On 12/17/12 07:40, Arslan Waqar wrote: Hi all, Hi Arslan, I am new to the group and hence there might be a chance I might be asking a simple question... The thing is I compiled and installed libvirt from git. Then in my terminal window I started virsh. It started. Then since I had Virtual Box installed on my machine I ran "connect vbox:///session". Once I did this I got two errors which said: error: Failed to connect to the hypervisor error: internal error unable to initialize VirtualBox driver API What version of VirtualBox are you using? The support for Vbox 4.2 wasn't committed yet to the tree as it lacks feedback from the users. If you have VirtualBox 4.2 and are willing to test the patches for that it would be really helpful. I am unable to resolve this issue...Any input is welcome! Thanks! -- Regards, Arslan Waqar. Peter -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list(a)redhat.com <mailto:libvir-list@redhat.com> https://www.redhat.com/__mailman/listinfo/libvir-list <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list> I do have Virtual Box 4.2 and I am willing to test ... So please do send me instructions on how to get going. If there are any specific use cases which need to be testet then do send them to me... (BTW, I have some important VMs on VirtualBox, should I be worried about them while testing?)

Also while installing I got the errors related to xhtml1-dtds ... I read quite a lot on it on http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-November/msg00430.html and turns out this problem is not present in Fedora, it occurs in Ubuntu almost every time, because ubuntu does not have xhtml1-dtds package.

Now, because of this will I face any problem? if so then what exactly, and how to solve it...Also is there a workaround for it...?

-- Regards, Arslan Waqar.

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com <mailto:pkrempa@redhat.com>> wrote: On 12/17/12 09:07, Arslan Waqar wrote: Hey Peter, On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com <mailto:pkrempa@redhat.com> <mailto:pkrempa@redhat.com <mailto:pkrempa@redhat.com>>> wrote: On 12/17/12 07:40, Arslan Waqar wrote: Hi all, Hi Arslan, I am new to the group and hence there might be a chance I might be asking a simple question... The thing is I compiled and installed libvirt from git. Then in my terminal window I started virsh. It started. Then since I had Virtual Box installed on my machine I ran "connect vbox:///session". Once I did this I got two errors which said: error: Failed to connect to the hypervisor error: internal error unable to initialize VirtualBox driver API What version of VirtualBox are you using? The support for Vbox 4.2 wasn't committed yet to the tree as it lacks feedback from the users. If you have VirtualBox 4.2 and are willing to test the patches for that it would be really helpful. I am unable to resolve this issue...Any input is welcome! Thanks! -- Regards, Arslan Waqar. Peter -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list(a)redhat.com <mailto:libvir-list@redhat.com> <mailto:libvir-list@redhat.com <mailto:libvir-list@redhat.com>__> https://www.redhat.com/____mailman/listinfo/libvir-list <https://www.redhat.com/__mailman/listinfo/libvir-list> <https://www.redhat.com/__mailman/listinfo/libvir-list <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list>> I do have Virtual Box 4.2 and I am willing to test ... So please do send me instructions on how to get going. If there are any specific use cases which need to be testet then do send them to me... (BTW, I have some important VMs on VirtualBox, should I be worried about them while testing?) As you are using the git version it's pretty simple: You need to fetch the branch containing the patches: git fetch git://git.pipo.sk/libvirt.git <http://git.pipo.sk/libvirt.git> virtualbox-4.2 and then create a new branch from FETCH_HEAD: git checkout -b virtualbox-4.2 FETCH_HEAD and then you need to compile it again. Make sure that the summary after configure ends lists the virtualbox driver. Also while installing I got the errors related to xhtml1-dtds ... I read quite a lot on it on http://www.redhat.com/__archives/libvir-list/2009-__November/msg00430.html <http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-November/msg00430.html> and turns out this problem is not present in Fedora, it occurs in Ubuntu almost every time, because ubuntu does not have xhtml1-dtds package. Hm, there's a possibility that the package is named differently in debian based distros. Now, because of this will I face any problem? if so then what exactly, and how to solve it...Also is there a workaround for it...? The inability to verify the DTDs shouldn't be fatal. Anyways, you don't really need to do make install from the git tree. You can run libvirt directly from the repo after it's built -- Regards, Arslan Waqar. I tried to to fetch the Virtual Box 4.2 drivers code branch by running this command in terminal: git fetch git://git.pipo.sk/libvirt.git <http://git.pipo.sk/libvirt.git> virtualbox-4.2 I got the following error: fatal: remote error: access denied or repository not exported: /libvirt.git Apparently I cant access it... do I need to do some account verification or something...?

Also I have searched almost everywhere and still haven't found a workaround for the xhtml1-dtds package ... If some one is using Ubuntu for libvirt development then kindly advise me a Ubuntu/Debian equivalent package for xhtml1-dtds package .... -- Regards, Arslan Waqar. -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list

On 12/17/12 13:30, Arslan Waqar wrote: [...] > I tried to to fetch the Virtual Box 4.2 drivers code branch by running > this command in terminal: > sorry I got the URI wrong :/ Try this: git fetch git://git.pipo.sk/pipo/**libvirt.git<http://git.pipo.sk/pipo/libvirt.git>virtualbox-4.2 I got the following error: > fatal: remote error: access denied or repository not exported: > /libvirt.git > > Peter

On 12/17/12 15:53, Arslan Waqar wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com > <mailto:pkrempa@redhat.com>> wrote: > > On 12/17/12 13:30, Arslan Waqar wrote: > > [...] > > > > I tried to to fetch the Virtual Box 4.2 drivers code branch by > running > this command in terminal: > > > sorry I got the URI wrong :/ > > Try this: > > git fetch git://git.pipo.sk/pipo/__**libvirt.git<http://git.pipo.sk/pipo/__libvirt.git> > <http://git.pipo.sk/pipo/**libvirt.git<http://git.pipo.sk/pipo/libvirt.... > virtualbox-4.2 > > > > > I got the following error: > fatal: remote error: access denied or repository not exported: > /libvirt.git > > > Peter > > > Its working now! Thanks! > > So, Now I probably should start testing this driver out (like you said, > its buggy at the moment and not released to the public...) > > One more question... How do I know that I have the latest driver > code...? Should I "git pull" on my new virtualbox-4.2 branch daily to > find out, or what? > The patches in the virtualbox-4.2 branch are about two months old, so It's improbable that the code will change. > -- > Regards, > Arslan Waqar. > >