[fedora-virt] Domain doesn't show up

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 11:45:09PM +0100, Tim Richardson wrote:
> I'm trying to install xp virtual machine from an .iso on the disk,
> I have a virtual machine called localhost with qemu as ID.  It has a storage
> area at /var/lib/libvirt/images, i'm right clicking on that and choosing new
> then following the wizard but it keeps failing whilst creating the domain.
> Is anyone familiar with this scenario or have any suggestions?
> 
> regards
> Tim
> 
> Unable to complete install '<class 'libvirt.libvirtError'> internal error
> Domain microXP didn't show up
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1501, in
> do_install
>     dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 541, in
> start_install
>     return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 633, in
> _do_install
>     self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 974, in
> createLinux
>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
> conn=self)
> libvirtError: internal error Domain microXP didn't show up

The above messages don't help.

Try looking at the files in /root/.virtmanager/ and/or
/var/log/libvirt/

Rich.

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