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Description of problem: After installing virt-manager and libvirt, and then starting virt-manager for the first time I see a dialog with this message: Unable to connect to libvirt. Verify that the 'libvirtd' daemon is running. Libvirt URI is: qemu:///system Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1185, in _open_thread self.vmm = self._try_open() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1167, in _try_open flags) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') libvirtError: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': No such file or directory Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Name : virt-manager Arch : noarch Version : 0.9.1 Release : 2.fc17 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install virt-manager and libvirt 2. Double click on "localhost (QEMU)" Actual results: See the technical message. Expected results: virt-manager should start libvirtd if it's not yet started, whether by dbus or via systemd.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 791152 ***