[libvirt] Unable to open virt-manager
Hi, I'm trying to work remotely on a server with F12, using vnc. When I start virt-manager, I do not get the authentication popup, and instead I get this message: Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'qemu:///system': authentication failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 872, in _try_open None], flags) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') libvirtError: authentication failed RPM versions: libvirt-0.7.1-15.fc12.x86_64 libvirt-client-0.7.1-15.fc12.x86_64 python-virtinst-0.500.1-2.fc12.noarch virt-viewer-0.2.0-1.fc12.x86_64 virt-manager-0.8.2-1.fc12.noarch virt-ctrl-1.0.1-4.fc12.x86_64 libvirt-python-0.7.1-15.fc12.x86_64 Any idea what causes the popup to fail ?
On 03/23/2010 12:12 PM, Doron Fediuck wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to work remotely on a server with F12, using vnc. When I start virt-manager, I do not get the authentication popup, and instead I get this message:
Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'qemu:///system': authentication failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 872, in _try_open None], flags) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') libvirtError: authentication failed
Are you running virt-manager over VNC? There were problems like this in the past, since VNC isn't a full desktop session, PolicyKit doesn't run. Other then that, not sure what could be wrong. - Cole
On Tuesday 23 March 2010 21:53:04 Cole Robinson wrote:
On 03/23/2010 12:12 PM, Doron Fediuck wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to work remotely on a server with F12, using vnc. When I start virt-manager, I do not get the authentication popup, and instead I get this message:
Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'qemu:///system': authentication failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 872, in _try_open None], flags) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') libvirtError: authentication failed
Are you running virt-manager over VNC? There were problems like this in the past, since VNC isn't a full desktop session, PolicyKit doesn't run.
Other then that, not sure what could be wrong.
- Cole
I wasn't aware of problems in VNC. So is there a work around ? How can I work remotely, if VM networking is local (ie- NAT) ?
On 03/24/2010 03:06 AM, Doron Fediuck wrote:
On Tuesday 23 March 2010 21:53:04 Cole Robinson wrote:
On 03/23/2010 12:12 PM, Doron Fediuck wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to work remotely on a server with F12, using vnc. When I start virt-manager, I do not get the authentication popup, and instead I get this message:
Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'qemu:///system': authentication failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 872, in _try_open None], flags) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') libvirtError: authentication failed
Are you running virt-manager over VNC? There were problems like this in the past, since VNC isn't a full desktop session, PolicyKit doesn't run.
Other then that, not sure what could be wrong.
- Cole
I wasn't aware of problems in VNC. So is there a work around ? How can I work remotely, if VM networking is local (ie- NAT) ?
The VNC issue is only if you are connecting to your remote machine using VNC, not if the VMs are using VNC. The alternatives are to run virt-manager as root on the remote machine, use ssh -X instead of VNC, or possibly alter PolicyKit rules to auto allow connecting for that user (though I haven't tried it, and it may still fail). - Cole
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