[virt-tools-list] AttributeError: type object 'VirtualAudio' has no attribute 'MODEL_DEFAULT' -- virt manager 0.8.4 requires virtinst 0.500.3 but then fails to open guest windows

[Cole Robinson]

On 08/11/2010 11:11 AM, Michael Cook wrote:
> I have Centos with the latest patches running XEN dom0 and several RHEL guests.
> In the original installation the Virt manager happily opened the guests using the "Open" option on the guest that appears in the virt Manager.
> 
> I then applied some patches from regular yum update, I've tried downloading and manually installing Virt Manager and VirtInst and now I have the problem that the Virt Manager tries to open the guest window and gets:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File 
> "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 571, in 
> show_details
>     details = vmmDetails(self.get_config(), 
> con.get_vm(uuid), self)
>   File 
> "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details.py", line 196, in 
> __init__
>     self.init_details()
>   File 
> "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details.py", line 565, in 
> init_details
>     uihelpers.build_sound_combo(self.vm, sound_dev, 
> no_default=no_default)
>   File 
> "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtManager/uihelpers.py", line 134, in 
> build_sound_combo
>     if m == virtinst.VirtualAudio.MODEL_DEFAULT and
>  no_default:
> AttributeError: type object 'VirtualAudio' has no 
> attribute 'MODEL_DEFAULT'
> 
> System:
> 
> Last login: Tue Aug 10 16:34:55 2010
> xm [root at platformvm0 ~]# xm 
> info
> host                   : platformvm0
> release                :
>  2.6.18-194.8.1.el5xen
> version                : #1 SMP Thu Jul 1 
> 19:41:05 EDT 2010
> machine                : x86_64
> nr_cpus               
>  : 4
> nr_nodes               : 1
> sockets_per_node       :
>  1
> cores_per_socket       : 4
> threads_per_core       : 1
> cpu_mhz               
>  : 2000
> hw_caps                : 
> bfebfbff:20000800:00000000:00000140:0004e33d:00000000:00000001
> total_memory          
>  : 4093
> free_memory            : 0
> node_to_cpu            : 
> node0:0-3
> xen_major              : 3
> xen_minor              : 1
> xen_extra             
>  :
>  .2-194.8.1.el5
> xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 
> xen-3.0-x86_32p
> xen_pagesize           : 4096
> platform_params       
>  : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
> xen_changeset          : unavailable
> cc_compiler           
>  : gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)
> cc_compile_by         
>  : mockbuild
> cc_compile_domain      : centos.org
> cc_compile_date       
>  : Thu Jul  1 18:56:55 EDT 2010
> xend_config_format     : 2
> 
> 
> Config
>  file:
> 
> name = "evossc-standalone_3.7.0.0_18751_VM1"
> uuid = 
> "cdb7ab03-c144-6164-c632-b904575c31d4"
> maxmem =
>  3500
> memory = 3500
> vcpus = 2
> bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"
> on_poweroff
>  = "destroy"
> on_reboot = "restart"
> on_crash = "restart"
> vfb = [
>  "type=vnc,vncunused=0,vncdisplay=5" ]
> disk = [ 
> "tap:aio:/home/xen/evossc-nodeA/evossc-standalone_3.7.0.0_18751_VM1.img,xvda,w"
>  ]
> vif = [ "mac=00:16:3e:64:66:62,bridge=xenbr0,script=vif-bridge", 
> "mac=00:16:3e:65:66:63,bridge=xenbr1,script=vif-bridge" ]
> 
> Using 
> these two packages, manually compiled and installed...
> virt-manager-0.8.4
> virtinst-0.500.3
> 
> Any clues on what I need to do on the host or xen guest configuration file?  I've tried added a vnc server configuration to the guest config file but this just says connection refused.
> 

Hmm, sounds like the installation is messed up. I'd full remove the
virtinst folder (on fedora it's
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst) and try reinstalling.

- Cole