On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 01:02:40PM +0100, Martin Kletzander wrote:
Before this patch users might be confused with the error when no daemon nor systemd socket unit is running due to the error message being a bit vague when running as root with no URI:
# virsh list error: failed to connect to the hypervisor error: Operation not supported: Cannot use direct socket mode if no URI is set
Instead of merely suggesting to start any daemon, also give a hint as to what socket we have tried looking up:
# virsh list error: failed to connect to the hypervisor error: Operation not supported: Cannot connect to '/var/run/libvirt/virtqemud-sock' and no URI is set, is any virt daemon or systemd socket unit started?
As Peter points out, this is a misleading message because it is arbitrarily reporting the first compiled in driver, which may be no resemblance to what the user was expecting to run. I think we should not include the sock path here, but we could include the sock *directory*, as that would help diagnose when someone built with the wrong install prefix, eg "No active daemon socket found in /var/run/libvirt, and no URI is set. Is any libvirt daemon or socket unit started ?" With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|