Re: [libvirt] Error in virt-install
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:03:12AM +0000, Nuno Fernandes wrote:
Hi,
After applying your patch i didn't get any error like memory corruption.
Nevertheless i was able to access graphics using vnc. Even specifying vnc it
tries to open display (maybe something requires it - virt-viewer).
[root@localhost ~]# virt-install -n test -r 512 --vnc --
file=/dev/VolGroup00/test-os --location=ftp://mirrors/centos/5/os/i386 -x
'text' --vncport=5900
Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo 100% |=========================| 413 B 00:00
Retrieving file vmlinuz.. 100% |=========================| 2.1 MB 00:00
Retrieving file initrd.im 100% |=========================| 5.4 MB 00:00
Creating domain... 0 B 00:01
(virt-viewer:4021): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
the console to complete the installation process.
Yes, at this point it has tried to start 'virt-viewer' to show you the
VNC console to complete installation. The fact that it couldn't start
it was not a serious problem - you could easily start it yourself as
you discovered. If you wanted to supress the error, you could pass the
--noautoconsole flag to virt-install, which stops it trying to launch
virt-viewer at all.
I access the console using vnc but as you said, after the instalation
completes it didn't restart. It disappeared from "virsh list" but i'm
able to
start it again using:
[root@localhost ~]# virsh start test
Domain test started
[root@localhost ~]# virsh list
Id Name State
----------------------------------
0 Domain-0 running
3 test idle
If there's anything i can do to help please let me know.
This is actually the expected behaviour. Since virt-viewer could not be
started directly, virt-install finished leaving you to manually restart
the guest once installation was complete. If virt-install had been able
to launch virt-viewer, it would have automatically restarted the guest
once install was complete.
Regards,
Daniel
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