[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#510235: Bug#510235: libvirt-bin: virt-manager unable to connect to libvirtd as r/w (full VM management) on a local connection)

[Guido Günther]

On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 09:32:58PM -0800, Davis Yokana wrote:
> I am getting these msgs when I try to connect to localhost in
> virt-manager:
> 
> Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'xen:///':
> <class 'libvirt.libvirtError'> internal error failed to connect to xend
> Traceback (most recent call last):
This is unrelated to the issues in this bug. You don't have the
necessary permissions to connect to xend.

>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 486, in
> _open_thread
>     None], flags)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 99, in
> openAuth
>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed')
> libvirtError: internal error failed to connect to xend
> 
> I followed the instructions to connect to sid and upgrade,
No need to, everything needed is in Lenny. 

Have a look at /usr/share/doc/libvirt-bin/README.Debian and please make
sure you can connect via:

virsh -c xen:///

to you xen instances. If virt-manager then still fails, please report
back.
Cheers,
 -- Guido