[virt-tools-list] trying virt-Manager 0.8.2 but getting error messgaes

[Cole Robinson]

On 01/14/2010 07:58 AM, Dennis J. wrote:
> On 01/14/2010 01:02 PM, Laurent Léonard wrote:
>> Le jeudi 14 janvier 2010 à 12:38, Sharadha Prabhakar (3P) a écrit :
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm trying to use virt-Manager 0.8.2 on my linux system. The
>>> installation
>>> Was successful but when I run the virt-Manager on the command line I get
>>> the following error Messages.
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>    File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 411, in ?
>>>      _show_startup_error(str(run_e), "".join(traceback.format_exc()))
>>>    File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 56, in
>>> _show_startup_error err = vmmErrorDialog(None, 0, gtk.MESSAGE_ERROR,
>>> gtk.BUTTONS_CLOSE, "", "") File
>>> "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtManager/error.py", line 40, in
>>> __init__
>>> self.set_property("text", self.message_format)
>>> TypeError: the object does not support the given parameter
>>> sharadhap at eli:~$ virt-manager
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>    File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 411, in ?
>>>      _show_startup_error(str(run_e), "".join(traceback.format_exc()))
>>>    File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 56, in
>>> _show_startup_error err = vmmErrorDialog(None, 0, gtk.MESSAGE_ERROR,
>>> gtk.BUTTONS_CLOSE, "", "") File
>>> "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtManager/error.py", line 40, in
>>> __init__
>>> self.set_property("text", self.message_format)
>>> TypeError: the object does not support the given parameter
>>>
>>> I'm new to virt-Manager and python. Can anyone tell me what I'm probably
>>> missing. P.S. I've tried virt-Manager version 0.5.4 which works fine
>>> on my
>>> machine. Thanks,
>>> SP
>>
>> You need to use at least virtinst 0.500.1 with Virt-manager 0.8.2.
> 
> Shouldn't virt-manager just display an error instead of going nuclear?
> 

virt-manager does check virtinst version and show an explicit error if it
isn't new enough. Something unexpected is going wrong in the traceback above.

- Cole