[virt-tools-list] nternal error libxenlight state driver is not active

[Jim Fehlig]

nesredin mahmud wrote:
>
>     > Another problem I have seen after I recompiled libvirt: Virsh
>     does not
>     > list the dom0 and domu
>
>
>     Currently, dom0 is not listed by the libvirt libxl driver, similar to
>     the qemu or LXC driver not listing the "host" as a domain.
>      Perhaps this
>     needs to be reconsidered though, since in Xen dom0 is just another
>     domain and in many way can be managed just like any other domU, e.g.
>     memory ballooned, vcpus added, etc.  But this is a separate discussion
>     which should be held on the libvirt dev list :).
>
> I got this from libvirt debug:
> libvirtd: 11172: error : virConnectListAllDomains:8430 : this function
> is not supported by the connection driver: virConnectListAllDomains .
>
> Good to know. I taught the new driver would support it. strange!

The libxl driver does support virConnectListAllDomains.

>
>     As for not seeing domUs, were those domUs created with libvirt?
>      libvirt
>     won't know about domains managed by another libxl application, e.g.
>     those created with 'xl create ...'.
>
> I really don't know where virsh tool stack stores guest domains. I
> didnt use virsh to create guest machines. In stead, I use xl, xenD/xm 
> and virt-manager.

Well, like I said before, libvirt won't know about domains you created
with xl.  Unlike the old xm/xend toolstack, libxl is stateless and does
not support the notion of persistent or managed domains.  Applications
using libxl (e.g. xl and libvirt) provide state and don't necessarily
make that state available to other libxl applications.

> But I know here xen tool stack store guest domain information:
> - xenD/xm =>
> /var/lib/xend/domains/71de4ea9-3d30-f108-9eda-1f2a55bec4cb/config.sxp
> -xl=> /var/lib/xen/userdata-d.*.xl
>
> I made some test on the old and new libvirt driver with virt-manager.0.9.5
>
> *1. libxl driver + virt-manager - i*t can connect to xen. But i could
> not create the domain. Some location needed by virt-manager are not
> found in my distribution i guess..you can see it from  the debug
>
> 2013-06-14 18:22:37,307 (connection:161): Using libvirt API for netdev
> enumeration
> 2013-06-14 18:22:37,308 (connection:201): Using libvirt API for
> mediadev enumeration
> 2013-06-14 18:22:56,477 (connect:121): Showing open connection
> 2013-06-14 18:23:00,409 (connect:110): Cancelling open connection
> 2013-06-14 18:23:00,409 (connect:116): Closing open connection
> 2013-06-14 18:23:35,036 (create:169): Showing new vm wizard
> 2013-06-14 18:23:35,041 (create:867): Guest type set to os_type=hvm,
> arch=x86_64, dom_type=xen
> 2013-06-14 18:23:40,984 (create:867): Guest type set to os_type=xen,
> arch=x86_64, dom_type=xen
> 2013-06-14 18:23:49,160 (storagebrowse:74): Showing storage browser
> 2013-06-14 18:23:50,828 (config:702): get_default_directory(image):
> returning /var/lib/xen/images
> 2013-06-14 18:24:00,243 (storagebrowse:80): Closing storage browser
> 2013-06-14 18:24:15,920 (create:1854): Creating a VM test
>   Type: xen,xen
>   UUID: bbb37921-3a00-7c08-64f5-fe237c9cd907
>   Install Source: None
>   OS: None:None
>   Kernel args: None
>   Memory: 512
>   Max Memory: 512
>   # VCPUs: 1
>   Filesize: 0.117477416992
> /usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtManager/baseclass.py:240:
> GtkWarning: Unknown property: GtkTable.halign
>   util.sanitize_gtkbuilder(self.uifile))
> 2013-06-14 18:24:16,081 (util:353): Could not open
> "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard" [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> '/etc/sysconfig/keyboard'
> 2013-06-14 18:24:16,081 (util:323): Could not open
> "/etc/X11/xorg.conf": [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
> 2013-06-14 18:24:16,093 (util:383): Didn't match keymap 'se' in keytable!
> 2013-06-14 18:24:16,134 (util:353): Could not open
> "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard" [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> '/etc/sysconfig/keyboard'
> 2013-06-14 18:24:16,134 (util:323): Could not open
> "/etc/X11/xorg.conf": [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
>
> *2. virt-manager + xenD/xm..*
> libvirtd: 11901: info : libvirt version: 1.0.6
> Jun 14 21:17:51 swart-2 libvirtd: 11901: error :
> xenHypervisorDoV2Sys:959 : Unable to issue hypervisor ioctl 3166208:
> Permission denied

Is libvirtd running as root?

> Jun 14 21:18:53  libvirtd: last message repeated 5 times
>
> I really dont mind if either  way virt-manager works for me. I guess
> the first problem is concerns to the distribution am using, ubuntu.
> But the second one..i really dont get it. I run virt-manager with root
> permission.

Sounds like you should file some bugs with your distro.

Regards,
Jim