Description of problem: I followed the installation instructions for KVM found in here: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Virtualization_Guide/sect-Virtualization-Installing_the_virtualization_packages-Installing_KVM_packages_on_an_existing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_system.html (I realise this is the F13 Virtualisation Guide and that Chris has left. Are there more up-to-date instructions for F16 somewhere? I could not find them.) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 16 64 bit How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: As Root: 1. yum install kvm 2. yum install virt-manager libvirt libvirt-python python-virtinst 3. As per: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Virtualization_Guide/sect-Virtualization-Virtualized_guest_installation_overview-Creating_guests_with_virt_manager.html "Alternatively, run the virt-manager command as root." Actual results: Error starting Virtual Machine Manager: No D-BUS daemon running Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 383, in <module> main() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 315, in main config = virtManager.config.vmmConfig(appname, appversion, glade_dir) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/config.py", line 98, in __init__ self.conf.add_dir(self.conf_dir, gconf.CLIENT_PRELOAD_NONE) GError: No D-BUS daemon running Expected results: Virtual machine manager should launch. Additional info: I am running KDE. I am not sure if this automatically starts the D-BUS daemon.
Trying the alternative instructions here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_virtualization resulted in the same issue.
Reproduced.
Workaround is the following: [dan@Fedora17 ~]$ export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="" [dan@Fedora17 ~]$ virt-manager ** (virt-manager:5526): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GMountMountFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags' ** (virt-manager:5526): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GDriveStartFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags' ** (virt-manager:5526): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GSocketMsgFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags' Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" [dan@Fedora17 ~]$ Can be added to .bashrc Found fix at: http://www.gnome15.org/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=4&id=378&Itemid=7
Does restarting the machine make any difference? If gconf needs dbus running, it should handle that dep itself. Reassigning.
Confirmed the bug and the suggested "fix" on Fedora 17.
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F17 is EOL