OK, another quick question, completely off subject, but hardly worth a new thread.
When I look at my previous post through a browser, there are no line breaks, and one has to scroll across the screen to read it. I don't imagine this is desirable for most users. Is that a result of my mail client (hotmail)? This message won't suffer the same issue because I'm manually breaking the lines. Thanks ---------------------------------------- > From: nelsongree...@hotmail.com > To: ch...@roaima.co.uk; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: installing virtual guest via ssh on console based remote host > Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 15:54:45 -0500 > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: chris-use...@roaima.co.uk > > Subject: Re: installing virtual guest via ssh on console based remote host > > Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 20:54:28 +0100 > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > > Nelson Green <nelsongree...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Installing qemu-kvm and a guest on a remote system is turning into an > > > absolute nightmare, so I'm once again turning to this list for help. > > > > > The host OS is a Centos 6.3 server, without X installed. > > > > If it was Debian I could advise you to install the libvirt-bin, > > bridge-utils, and qemu-kvm packages on the server, with virt-manager as > > a GUI for the client. > > > > Chris > > Thanks Chris, and you have no idea how much I wish I was on Debian as I've > been a long time (12+ years) user. In fact my local machine is Debian Wheezy, > which is why I started this thread here. > > I've got some more progress to report if you'll bear with me. First of all, I > did install the libvirt-bin and qemu-kvm packages. A bit of history as to why > I say this has been a nightmare is because the basic problem has been a lack > of straight-forward documentation, but that could be my inability to find it. > That being said, every step in this process has involved an error, followed > by much time troubleshooting. I don't necessarily mind because finding an > answer to a problem involves a learning process, and that is never bad. But > in this case I have people depending on me to get them some development boxes. > > The first error I got was "Failed to connect socket to > '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': No such file or directory" which was > accompanied by "error : virNetServerMDNSStart:460 : internal error Failed to > create mDNS client: Daemon not running" in the log file. A bit of searching > led me to the need to install the avahi package. That then led to an > inability to create VMs because of no virtual network. I eventually figured > out that I needed to define a network, and to start it. That led to the empty > screen problem. I know that the empty screen is the installer output not > mapping to the console properly (if that is the correct terminology). I have > now solved that issue as well, but not quite the way I thought needed to be > done. I was figuring that I could correct the output on the console I > started, but apparently I needed to install the virt-viewer package, which > creates a window on my local machine and redirects the console to that. > > So, I am now installing an OS on my VM. That leaves one final item, but this > is really low on the priority list. How do I clean up after those failed > initial attempts? I bet I now know enough to restart them, connect to them, > and continue the installs there as well, so I will take it from here. > > Regards, > Nelson > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/bay160-w158e82c08d611b29aac870ad...@phx.gbl > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/bay160-w1dc10750da8af986df2aaad...@phx.gbl
