[libvirt] Re: [et-mgmt-tools] latest virt-manager and virtinst on centos-5

[Cole Robinson <crobinso redhat com>]

Farkas Levente wrote:
> hi,
> the these packages:
> virt-manager-0.6.1-4
> python-virtinst-0.400.2-3
> libvirt-python-0.6.1-1
> libvirt-0.6.1-1
> on centos-5 gives this error when i try to install a new guest after
> press finish in virt manager:
> --------------------------------------------
> Unable to complete install 'libvirt.libvirtError internal error unable
> to start guest:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 717, in
> do_install
>     dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 536,
> in start_install
>     return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 628,
> in _do_install
>     self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 973, in
> createLinux
>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
> conn=self)
> libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest:
> '

This was a libvirt bug that should have been fixed in the latest
release. Could be some other variant of it since you are running centos.

- Cole