On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 08:43:28PM +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > Carl Fink <c...@finknetwork.com> wrote: > > I tried kvm, but virt-manager reports "Unable to connect to libvirt" > > even though libvirtd is running. > > Add yourself to the libvirt group.
Already in it. > > If I start kvm from the command line I get: > > WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: > > /home/carlf/.cache/keyring-7jbXBL/pkcs11: No such file or directory > > error: failed to get domain '/mnt/data/kvm-images/xp2' > > error: An error occurred, but the cause is unknown > > How are you starting kvm, and with what options? Believe it or not that helped a lot. I was using a command I found online somewhere: virsh start /mnt/data/kvm-images/xp2 That produced the above-quoted error. Inspired by your question I looked for alternatives. I found this one: kvm -usb -m 512 /mnt/data/kvm-images/xp2 (I should clarify that I made a qcow2 image from a VB virtual hard drive and named it xp2.) This boots! Then it spontaneously bluescreens and reboots. Forever. Windows reports a STOP error but it then reboots before I can transcribe anything. If I replace kvm with qemu in the above and boot in safe mode, it takes much longer to reboot. Then it reboots. I'm going to try installing Windows on a fresh virtual machine and see what happens. I'd still like to know why virt-manager isn't working. Thanks. -- Carl Fink nitpick...@nitpicking.com Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120706004353.gd19...@panix.com