.... New to this list & definitely new to virtualization :-/ .... I am trying to setup a 64-bit CentOS 5.6 VM on a 64-bit FC14 server host, all patched up as of a couple of weeks ago. uname -a on the host shows: [wam@Q6600, CFD, 9:24:23am] 540 % uname -a Linux Q6600 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Feb 7 07:06:44 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [wam@Q6600, CFD, 9:52:43am] 541 % I access the server by ssh on my LAN. I was working on this last Sunday & got stuck, see below. I posted this question to a couple of other lists & had no takers, so here I am here. The server runs in runlevel 3 & has no gfx card onboard, so I am working from the command line. I had a couple of abortive attempts at setup, which got as far as initializing my disk storage for the VM, then the following: [root@Q6600:/etc, Sun Aug 07, 05:08 PM] 1339 # virt-install -n CentOS-5.6-64bitVM -r 2048 --arch=x86_64 --cpu core2duo,disable=vmx --vcpus=1,maxvcpus=1,sockets=1,cores=2,threads=1 --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel5 --disk path=/home/VMs/CentOS.5.6-64bit-VM/disk.img,size=50 --cdrom /home/ISOs/CentOS-5.6/64bit/CentOS-5.6-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso --autostart --prompt This will overwrite the existing path '/home/VMs/CentOS.5.6-64bit-VM/disk.img' Do you really want to use this disk (yes or no) yes Starting install... Creating domain... | 0 B 00:00 Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module": libpk-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module": libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (virt-viewer:20165): Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='latin' Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to the console to complete the installation process. [root@Q6600:/etc, Sun Aug 07, 05:14 PM] 1339 # virsh --connect qemu:///system Welcome to virsh, the virtualization interactive terminal. Type: 'help' for help with commands 'quit' to quit virsh # list Id Name State ---------------------------------- 11 CentOS-5.6-64bitVM running virsh # help The install began OK, right after the 'Pango-WARNING' message, in a separate window, quite readable, started booting & scrolling text past *FAST*, for about 15 sec., then hung, right after a line about 'serial port ....' (I couldn't click-&-drag to capture text from the VM window, going from memory). I let it sit for about 5 min. to be sure it was really hung, then clicked the VM window out, whereupon the message about 'installation still in progress' & the rest appeared. I poked around in virsh a bit as you can see, but couldn't figure anything out. I tried (re)connecting to the console of the VM & that hung, I had to kill the virsh command from another window. I attach syslog output from the proceedings. I am *sure* this is pilot error, but I am stuck for now. Any assistance appreciated :-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.