[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#720484: Bug#720484: virt-manager does not start Error: No D-BUS daemon running

[Guido Günther]

severity 720484 normal

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 02:58:29PM +0200, JP Pozzi wrote:
> Package: virt-manager
> Version: 0.9.5-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Can't launch virt-manager without crash :
> 
> virt-manager --no-fork --debug
> 2013-08-22 13:26:41,949 (cli:71): virt-manager startup
> 2013-08-22 13:26:41,949 (virt-manager:306): Launched as: /usr/share/virt-
> manager/virt-manager.py --no-fork --debug
> 2013-08-22 13:26:41,949 (virt-manager:307): GTK version: (2, 24, 20)
> 2013-08-22 13:26:41,949 (virt-manager:308): virt-manager version: 0.9.5
> 2013-08-22 13:26:41,949 (virt-manager:309): virtManager import: <module
> 'virtManager' from '/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/__init__.pyc'>
> 2013-08-22 13:26:42,017 (cli:118): virtinst version: 0.600.4
> 2013-08-22 13:26:42,018 (cli:119): virtinst import: <module 'virtinst' from
> '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/virtinst/__init__.pyc'>
> 
> (virt-manager:25092): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS
> daemon:
> Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did
> not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply
> timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
> 2013-08-22 13:26:42,045 (virt-manager:409): No D-BUS daemon running
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 402, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 333, in main
>     options.testfirstrun)
>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/config.py", line 99, in __init__
>     self.conf.add_dir(self.conf_dir, gconf.CLIENT_PRELOAD_NONE)
> GError: No D-BUS daemon running

So is DBus available or isn't it? Just having the daemon running tells
us little (you're not even telling us the user you're running the
program with). Check DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS.

Note that this is after all a gconf error. Did you try running gconftool
from within the same session?
 -- Guido

> 
> 
> And DBUS seems to be running :
>  ps -ef | grep dbus
> message+  3571     1  0 12:13 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
> jpp       6269     1  0 12:13 ?        00:00:00 dbus-launch
> --autolaunch=518bdeca03136aa1ef07c46100000008 --binary-syntax --close-stderr
> jpp       6270  6148  0 12:13 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin
> /dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session-fallback
> jpp       6274     1  0 12:13 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-
> with-session gnome-session-fallback
> jpp       6276     1  0 12:13 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork
> --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
> jpp       6277     1  0 12:13 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork
> --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
> jpp       6292  6285  0 12:13 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --config-
> file=/etc/at-spi2/accessibility.conf --nofork --print-address 3
> 
> Regards
> 
> JP P
> 
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: jessie/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 3.10.7-x (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages virt-manager depends on:
> ii  gconf2             3.2.6-1
> ii  librsvg2-common    2.36.4-2
> ii  python             2.7.5-4
> ii  python-dbus        1.2.0-2+b1
> ii  python-glade2      2.24.0-3+b1
> ii  python-gnome2      2.28.1+dfsg-1
> ii  python-gtk-vnc     0.5.2-2
> ii  python-gtk2        2.24.0-3+b1
> ii  python-ipy         1:0.75-1
> ii  python-libvirt     1.1.1-1
> ii  python-support     1.0.15
> ii  python-urlgrabber  3.9.1-4
> ii  python-vte         1:0.28.2-5
> ii  virtinst           0.600.4-2
> 
> Versions of packages virt-manager recommends:
> ii  gnome-icon-theme         3.8.2-2
> ii  libvirt-bin              1.1.1-1
> ii  python-spice-client-gtk  0.20-0nocelt3
> 
> Versions of packages virt-manager suggests:
> ii  gnome-keyring                    3.8.2-2
> ii  python-gnomekeyring              2.32.0+dfsg-3
> pn  python-guestfs                   <none>
> ii  ssh-askpass                      1:1.2.4.1-9
> ii  ssh-askpass-gnome [ssh-askpass]  1:6.2p2-6
> pn  virt-viewer                      <none>
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
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