On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:58:11PM +0100, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
But it is now failing with an error message telling it can not
connect to the local socket /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock.
This is basically a libvirt bug that you have to solve separately.
I'm guessing that basic commands such as `virsh nodeinfo' also fail.
I don't know what the reason for that will be, but you can ask the
libvirt users list to help you fix it.
> To avoid libvirt problems, do:
>
> export LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct
But in this use case, I don't know where to set this variable?
I believe it will work if you put this into root's .bash_profile or
.bashrc (ie. /root/.bash_profile).
Given the amount of trouble that libvirt causes us, it's a reasonable
feature request to add a tick box or something to allow the backend to
be adjustable from the GUI. See the FAQ for how to file feature
requests.
Rich.
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