Hi all, I am using the libvirt 4.9 version. I get the following error when I try to run the command virsh list after the system comes up virsh list error: failed to connect to the hypervisor error: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': No such file or directory When I run the command ps -ef | grep libvirtd, to find whether the libvirtd process is running. I get the following message. ps -ef | grep libvirtd root 418 1 0 06:33 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/libvirtd --daemon --config /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf root 420 1 0 06:33 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/libvirtd --daemon --config /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf After sometime, I see that the virsh list command goes through and the command ps -ef | grep libvirtd, gives the following putput ps -ef | grep libvirtd root 420 1 0 06:33 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/libvirtd --daemon --config /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf root 610 227 0 06:34 ttyS0 00:00:00 grep libvirtd root@draco:~# virsh list Id Name State -------------------- Following are the logs of journalctl -xe | grep libvirtd -- Unit libvirtd.service has begun starting up. Feb 04 06:32:01 draco libvirtd[388]: 2019-02-04 06:32:01.298+0000: 388: info : libvirt version: 4.9.0 Feb 04 06:32:01 draco libvirtd[388]: 2019-02-04 06:32:01.298+0000: 388: info : hostname: draco Feb 04 06:32:01 draco libvirtd[388]: 2019-02-04 06:32:01.298+0000: 388: warning : virGetHostnameImpl:714 : getaddrinfo failed for 'draco': Temporary failure in name resolution Feb 04 06:33:31 draco systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Feb 04 06:33:31 draco systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. -- Subject: Unit libvirtd.service has failed -- Unit libvirtd.service has failed. Feb 04 06:33:31 draco systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Feb 04 06:33:31 draco systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4. -- Automatic restarting of the unit libvirtd.service has been scheduled, as the result for -- Subject: Unit libvirtd.service has finished shutting down -- Unit libvirtd.service has finished shutting down. -- Subject: Unit libvirtd.service has begun start-up -- Unit libvirtd.service has begun starting up. Feb 04 06:33:31 draco libvirtd[418]: 2019-02-04 06:33:31.799+0000: 418: info : libvirt version: 4.9.0 Feb 04 06:33:31 draco libvirtd[418]: 2019-02-04 06:33:31.799+0000: 418: info : hostname: draco [4 draco libvirtd[418]: 2019-02-04 06:33:31.799+0000: 418: warning : virGetHostnameImpl:714 : getaddrn Feb 04 06:33:31 draco libvirtd[418]: 2019-02-04 06:33:31.799+0000: 418: warning : virGetHostnameImpl:714 : getaddrinfo failed for 'draco': Temporary failure in name resolution -- Subject: Unit libvirtd.service has finished start-up -- Unit libvirtd.service has finished starting up. Feb 04 06:34:41 draco libvirtd[420]: 482: info : libvirt version: 4.9.0 Feb 04 06:34:41 draco libvirtd[420]: 482: info : hostname: draco Feb 04 06:34:41 draco libvirtd[420]: 482: error : virGetUserID:1041 : invalid argument: Failed to parse user 'tss' Feb 04 06:34:41 draco libvirtd[420]: 482: error : virGetGroupID:1124 : invalid argument: Failed to parse group 'tss' - msg 68/68 100% It is found that the libvirt systemd service times out, and for some unkonwn reason the previous libvitrd process is not killed. I dont see any errors in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog. Could anyone please help? Thanks Sharath