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 1QeziP-00042t-NH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:18:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8DD4721C021; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 01:17:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 590F621C021 for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 01:17:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14411208B5 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 21:17:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:17:14 -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=o47iGMHl2QLynOIMf04/yPOdjlc=; b=KbplOYz2WruM2O9uOtBNYuSGfucH5CHw/7+dGXODiwan4BKvQ1YVL2wnrsXqMJD8UbVcRA+BXh/TzCJ2n/WFaTnHNxB/f6Qu+fDrDC7e9VlU7ZsEKAySB5sIT4eEotmUclkreev8S7rinxuVkRdF9GXWQ5KNTibotB1Vu6eKYLU= X-Sasl-enc: /TxQBSzd8t5e+Fm44usvN/++i/sdOn1kZZk9zt8FGEgD 1310087833 Received: from [192.168.31.28] (cpe-174-109-037-078.nc.res.rr.com [174.109.37.78]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C03F84408B8 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 21:17:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Virt-manager From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:17:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20110707233020.540b3b7e@jdm.myzen.co.uk> References: <20110707191516.096ebbc0@jdm.myzen.co.uk> <1310063090.53951.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20110707204604.653c0220@jdm.myzen.co.uk> <1310073978.53951.16.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20110707233020.540b3b7e@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: <1310087833.53951.31.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: 1926516eaaac30cbf86d09ac771508db On Thursday, July 7 at 23:30 (+0100), john said: > On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:26:18 -0400 > > Have cleared up error messages using config as suggested. > > I still get the issue when starting /etc/init.d/libvirtd > > > * 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 You'll have to turn up the logging level of libvirt (to find out exactly what it's trying to do and where it's erroring out). > BUT when i start /usr/sbin/libvirtd from command line virt-manager now > works. It lets me create vms (yippee) > > I was unaware that libvirtd was a separate package (thought it was part > of virt-manager. After reading your hints it dawned on me that is was > seaparate so have enabled more use flags. I should check more carefully > the output of emerge -vp. > libvirt (not libvirtd) is a seperate package, it (possibly) contains a number of things, including libvirt: the C library that allows you to manage many different types of virtualization platforms using a common API. Python bindings for the above A command-line and shell interface (called virsh) libvirtd, which is a daemon helper used to manage virtualization platforms which don't have their own management service (such as kvm). virt-manager, is a seperate product. It is a GUI interface written in python that is used to talk to manage different types of virtualization platforms. It uses libvirt (its python bindings) to do this. Think of it as a GUI version of virsh. But you don't need virt-manager to use libvirt, and you don't even need libvirtd to use libvirt (e.g. you are interfacing with Xen or VMware hypervisors). That's why I was trying to say it's good for you to figure out what you are trying to do, before you go through the trouble of figuring out how to solve a problem that doesn't even pertain to you and could have been avoided altogether just by choosing the right combination of USE flags. If you are just wanting have a GUI for Xen, for example, you don't even need to worry about libvirtd. If, for example, you are using KVM but you want the VMs to bridge off a physical interface and have no need for "virtual networks", then you don't even need the virt-net USE flag. > Anyway I am up and running with a big thanks to yourself and will have > a closer look at the service another day. Ok