From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QetIE-0007HL-6N for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:27:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EB32A21C083; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 18:24:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77FF21C083 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 18:24:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78E69208E0 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 14:24:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:24:50 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to:references:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:mime-version; s=smtpout; bh=TCggDTB/GsnihwHObbE9sD71ri0=; b=CTkKEEef1yO2c2C7Qik23+SFQ9cPIYFlGnbShfoSRs9T0TEcNfE7XHIa3BwUTD03KvAKSviVMAXQpl/CbDMwZI4PHWbaAYpGH3cO2yLm7Ol46crsMibZWYdtU2WFEuO/xZBgVYsXZKXnYJbH3fd9LX1v1a11vuXjPOSUeis1Ndo= X-Sasl-enc: 2HvNXjnRcAPGFpN/1Thn9B6INENFAolTBfBtHRdvS/Ed 1310063090 Received: from [192.168.0.138] (65.23.112.45.nw.nuvox.net [65.23.112.45]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ED6AA402670 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 14:24:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Virt-manager From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:24:48 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20110707191516.096ebbc0@jdm.myzen.co.uk> References: <20110707191516.096ebbc0@jdm.myzen.co.uk> Face: 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.0.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1310063090.53951.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 036c945247ba3faed9422a6052acd65a On Thursday, July 7 at 19:15 (+0100), john said: > > I am trying to start virt-manager but when I start the daemon > > /etc/init.d/libvirtd i get > > * Starting libvirtd ... > /usr/sbin/libvirtd: error: Unable to initialize network sockets. > Check /var/log/messages or run without --daemon for more info. > * start-stop-daemon: failed to start > `/usr/sbin/libvirtd' [ !! ] > * ERROR: libvirtd failed to start > > Any suggestions??? Other than the obvious (which is to check /var/log/messages or run without --daemon)... My guess is that you have enabled the virt-network USE flag but the system is not configured as such that it could start the default virtual network. Among other things you need: * iptables support in there kernel * bridging support in the kernel * tun/tap support in the kernel * brctl (probably a dependency of the package itself) * iproute2 (probably a dependency of the package itself) Did /var/log/messages tell you anything (did you bother to look)? Also libvirt has a log level that can be set in the config, you could increase that (and also check the logs). You should also check the logs. -a