From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Daniel P. Berrange" Subject: Re: Install a new guest remotely? Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:40:15 +0000 Message-ID: <20100111164015.GP1836@redhat.com> References: <4B4B4D95.6070705@binaryfreedom.info> <8D99384881314DC3AFD921018B113057@neilhp> <4B4B53C5.4050706@binaryfreedom.info> Reply-To: "Daniel P. Berrange" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: rek2 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48076 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750979Ab0AKQkT (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:40:19 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B4B53C5.4050706@binaryfreedom.info> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:37:25AM -0500, rek2 wrote: > > > > Then use virsh vncdisplay to get the port on the server to > connect > > > your VNC viewer. We use an SSH tunnel for the connection to > ensure > > > security. > > > > > > Neil > > > > > ok so I must to be doing something wrong.. > here is my line: > virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n fedora_core12 -r 1048576 > --vcpus=2 -f /var/kvm_image > s_local/fedora_core12.qcow2 -s 20 -c ~/Fedora-12-x86_64-netinst.iso > --os-type linux --acce > lerate --vnc --noautoconsole --network=bridge:br0 --hvm > > then I get: > > > Starting install... > monitor socket did not show up.: Connection refused > Domain installation may not have been > successful. If it was, you can restart your domain > by running 'virsh start fedora_core12'; otherwise, please > restart your installation. [snip] > libvirtError: monitor socket did not show up.: Connection refused This all basically says the KVM guest failed to start. Check the log file in /var/log/libvirt/qemu/$NAME.log for possible further details Regards, Daniel -- |: Red Hat, Engineering, London -o- http://people.redhat.com/berrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org -o- http://ovirt.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: GnuPG: 7D3B9505 -o- F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 :|