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Da: Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte@googlemail.com>
A: angelo alfano <angeloalfa76@yahoo.it>
Cc: libvirt mail-list <libvirt-users@redhat.com>
Inviato: Mer 31 marzo 2010, 20:43:29
Oggetto: Re: [libvirt-users] connect libvirt and virtualbox

Ah, sorry, I missed to mention that VirtualBox 3.1 support was added
in libvirt 0.7.5.

libvirt 0.7.0 supports VirtualBox 2.2 and 3.0.

Matthias

2010/3/31 angelo alfano <angeloalfa76@yahoo.it>:
> I have installed virtualbox 3.1.6 r.59338 e libvirt 0.7.0, but i have the
> same error...
>
> libvir: VBOX error : internal error unable to initialize VirtualBox driver
> API
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "prova.py", line 5, in <module>
>     conn = libvirt.open("vbox:///session")
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 163, in open
>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpen() failed')
> libvirt.libvirtError: internal error unable to initialize VirtualBox driver
> API
>
>
> ________________________________
> Da: Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte@googlemail.com>
> A: angelo alfano <angeloalfa76@yahoo.it>
> Cc: libvirt mail-list <libvirt-users@redhat.com>; Pritesh Kothari
> <pritesh.kothari@sun.com>
> Inviato: Mer 31 marzo 2010, 18:43:52
> Oggetto: Re: [libvirt-users] connect libvirt and virtualbox
>
> 2010/3/31 angelo alfano <angeloalfa76@yahoo.it>:
>>
>>>2010/3/31 angelo alfano <angeloalfa76@yahoo.it>:
>>>> conn = libvirt.open("vbox:///session")
>>>>
>>>> return this error:
>>>>
>>>> libvir: VBOX error : internal error unable to initialize VirtualBox
>>>> driver
>>>> API
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>   File "prova.py", line 5, in <module>
>>>>     conn = libvirt.open("vbox:///session")
>>>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 163, in open
>>>>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpen() failed')
>>>> libvirt.libvirtError: internal error unable to initialize VirtualBox
>>>> driver
>>>> API
>>>>
>>>> why?
>>>>
>>>
>>>This error basically says, that libvirt doesn't support your VirtualBox
>>> version.
>>>
>>>What libvirt and VirtualBox version do you use?
>>>
>>>Matthias
>>
>>
>> libvirt 0.7.0
>> virtualbox 3.2
>>
>> Angelo
>>
>
> libvirt currently supports up to VirtualBox 3.1 and needs to be
> updated to support 3.2.
>
> I've CCed the VirtualBox driver maintainer.
>
> Matthias
>