Re: KVM virtualisation
Hi James,
looks like you didn't set the DISPLAY variable:
> Cannot open display:
In my setup I have to 'xhost +localhost' as the desktop user.
As root: export DISPLAY=:0
Good luck.
Tim Ruehsen
Am Wednesday, 25. January 2012 schrieb James Allsopp:
> Hi,
> I'm having trouble building a kvm virtual machine, The script I'm using
> to build this is:
> #!/bin/bash
> virt-install \
> --connect qemu:///system \
> -n deb1 \
> -r 512 \
> --vcpus=1 \
> --os-variant=debiansqueeze \
> --accelerate \
> -v \
> -c /var/lib/libvirt/images/debian-6.0.3-amd64-netinst.iso \
> -w bridge:br0 \
> --vnc \
> --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/debiantest.img,size=4
>
>
> but when I run I get the following error, I've tried to debug this
> afterwards;
>
> awaiian:/home/ja/vm_kvm# ./kvmInstall
>
>
> Starting install...
> Allocating 'debiantest.img' | 4.0 GB
> 00:00
> Creating domain... | 0 B
> 00:00
> Cannot open display:
> Run 'virt-viewer --help' to see a full list of available command line
> options
> Domain installation does not appear to have been
> successful. If it was, you can restart your domain
> by running 'virsh start deb1'; otherwise, please
> restart your installation.
> Hawaiian:/home/ja/vm_kvm# virsh start deb1
> error: failed to get domain 'deb1'
> error: Unknown failure
>
> Hawaiian:/home/ja/vm_kvm# virsh
> Welcome to virsh, the virtualization interactive terminal.
>
> Type: 'help' for help with commands
> 'quit' to quit
>
> virsh # nodeinfo
> CPU model: x86_64
> CPU(s): 2
> CPU frequency: 2000 MHz
> CPU socket(s): 1
> Core(s) per socket: 2
> Thread(s) per core: 1
> NUMA cell(s): 1
> Memory size: 4061292 kB
>
> virsh # list --al
> error: command 'list' doesn't support option --al
> virsh # list --all
> Id Name State
> ----------------------------------
>
> virsh # net-list --all
> Name State Autostart
> -----------------------------------------
> vboxnet0 inactive no autostart
>
> virsh # net-edit default
> error: failed to get network 'default'
> error: Unknown failure
>
> virsh # quit
>
> Hawaiian:/home/ja/vm_kvm# virsh
> Welcome to virsh, the virtualization interactive terminal.
>
> Type: 'help' for help with commands
> 'quit' to quit
>
> virsh # net-autostart default
> error: failed to get network 'default'
> error: Unknown failure
>
>
>
> If anyone can offer me any help on how to fix this I'd be really grateful,
>
> James
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