virt-manager is not recognizing libvirtd service

Hi all,

I am having an issue using virt-manager on GuixSD. I have libvirt and

virt-manager installed, and am starting the libvirtd service using my

configuration file. However, regardless of whether or not I start

virt-manager as root or normal privileges, I am getting a "checking for

virtualization packages..." note with an error of "No active connection

to install on." libvirtd and virtlogd are properly started as far as I

can tell by queurying the herd. Here is my relevant configuration.

(users (cons (user-account

(name "brettg")

(comment "Brett Gilio")

(group "users")

(supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"

"audio" "video"

"libvirt"))

(home-directory "/home/brettg"))

%base-user-accounts))

(packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access

gvfs ;for user mounts

libvirt

%base-packages))

(services (cons* (service gnome-desktop-service-type

(gnome-desktop-configuration

(inherit config)

(gnome-package gnome-custom)))

(service libvirt-service-type)

(service virtlog-service-type)

(service gdm-service-type)

(filter (lambda (x)

(not (eq? (service-kind x) slim-service-type)))

%desktop-services)))

It also might be useful to make a tutorial on setting up other distros in a virtual machine using guixsdSent from my Sprint Phone.------ Original message------From: Brett GilioDate: Thu, Feb 21, 2019 11:08 PMTo: 34611@debbugs.gnu.org;Cc: Subject:bug#34611: virt-manager is not recognizing libvirtd serviceHi all,

I am having an issue using virt-manager on GuixSD. I have libvirt and

virt-manager installed, and am starting the libvirtd service using my

configuration file. However, regardless of whether or not I start

virt-manager as root or normal privileges, I am getting a "checking for

virtualization packages..." note with an error of "No active connection

to install on." libvirtd and virtlogd are properly started as far as I

can tell by queurying the herd. Here is my relevant configuration.

(users (cons (user-account

(name "brettg")

(comment "Brett Gilio")

(group "users")

(supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"

"audio" "video"

"libvirt"))

(home-directory "/home/brettg"))

%base-user-accounts))

(packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access

gvfs ;for user mounts

libvirt

%base-packages))

(services (cons* (service gnome-desktop-service-type

(gnome-desktop-configuration

(inherit config)

(gnome-package gnome-custom)))

(service libvirt-service-type)

(service virtlog-service-type)

(service gdm-service-type)

(filter (lambda (x)

(not (eq? (service-kind x) slim-service-type)))

%desktop-services)))

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 11:06:58PM -0600, Brett Gilio wrote:

I've been having this issue as well on my machine. I'm pretty sure it's

more a case of virt-manager not saving the qemu locations; when I add a

new location of "this machine" suddenly all the VMs from my machine

repopulate. Then when I close it an open it again I get the same

behavior.

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Same problem still present as of start of 2022. Virt-manager can't connect to libvirt service

...

(users ...

(supplementary-groups '("kvm" ...)

...)

(services ...

(service libvirt-service-type (libvirt-configuartion (unix-sock-group "kvm")))

...)

...

Hello,

calcium <calcium@disroot.org> writes:

Does it work when you run virt-manager as root? My configuration looks

like:

And virt-manager is able to connect as my unprivileged user.

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Thanks,

Maxim

Hi,

See commit 4dc17cd54e86dbd71d26b87138660d42e8f615a9 ("services: libvirt:

Change unix-sock-group default.") which changed the group from "root" to

"libvirt".

It should now work without configuring the unix-sock-group, assuming

you're user is part of the 'libvirt' supplementary group. I've

clarified the doc about this in b69bdcf77f.

Closing.

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Thanks,

Maxim