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 1QfJVh-00067q-CV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:27:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1368821C061 for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 22:26:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DDDE21C026 for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 21:57:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.45]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F7A320824 for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 17:57:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:57:56 -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=e02QRy2pg4WI8jAuqlrI9qFkdMM=; b=I2fpIXI1/mb1jJoV2U0vOjBzFpjPzsFGfGYST2PDHSkS3Zx65Z2oL7pxuHgWGeUeflWL18PGup+uTtku8Br7gvmaILzZz63BOw6U+FNQhsftROu3WPwIG6h99ndTQ1o+3pHGpHXh3SsqJtH4FkQfGj9uSECfT1jQApS0XHeZMPM= X-Sasl-enc: X7xvJWb8G1pG2gyc6gc91OR/y1dFqi6B6jEilsWSSAKu 1310162275 Received: from [192.168.0.101] (65.23.112.45.nw.nuvox.net [65.23.112.45]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CA1C34439D0 for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 17:57:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Virt-manager From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:57:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20110708212240.09736acf@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> <1310087833.53951.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20110708212240.09736acf@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: <1310162275.231514.35.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: 99e177099f0aec4c13f798d6c843a124 On Friday, July 8 at 21:22 (+0100), john said: [...] > LOL Well I was up and running but now when trying to create VMs I get > (have done upgrade of around 20 packages) > > Uncaught error validating install parameters: Must pass a VirtualDevice > instance. > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1241, in > validate > return self.validate_final_page() > File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1501, in > validate_final_page > self.guest.add_device(self.nic) > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line > 666, in add_device > raise ValueError(_("Must pass a VirtualDevice instance.")) > ValueError: Must pass a VirtualDevice instance. > > dnsmasq installed. python-updater run. revdep-rebuild etc...... > > Are there any other GUIs to try for for virtualisation????? > > Or is it better sticking to CL to qemu-kvm? > Am I expecting too much for this just to work? > I can honestly say that I haven't experienced so much pain working with libvirt/virt-manger. If I had I probably would have given up, but I've been using it for years now. What versions of packages are you using? Are you mixing stable/unstable packages? I can't really say. I've never seen that error before. What steps are you taking to create the VM?