same problem here on karmic hypervisor. Seems to be something with the "-S" switch which virt-manager uses to start the guests (as seen from ps output). If I try and start the XP guest with -S, it just sits forever. Issuing 'c' from kvm console (alt+2) just fails the boot process.
Trying to start an XP guest from virt-manager results in: --------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 493, in run_domain vm.startup() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 558, in startup self.vm.create() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 293, in create if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self) libvirtError: monitor socket did not show up.: No such file or directory Only way I can start this guest is by hand on the cli: --------------------------------------------------- /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -M pc-0.11 -m 512 -smp 1 -name winsodxp -uuid 1fb923d5-7497-4d69-809b-786a4f94ece6 -monitor unix:/var/run/libvirt/qemu/winsodxp.monitor,server,nowait -localtime -boot c -drive file=/kvm/winxp3_s.img,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -drive file=/kvm/iso/snoppix.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2 -net nic,macaddr=ba:dd:c0:ff:ee:f5,vlan=0,model=rtl8139,name=rtl8139.0 -net tap,fd=23,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -serial none -parallel none -usb -usbdevice tablet -sdl -k en-us -vga std -- libvirtError: monitor socket did not show up.: Connection refused https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/581934 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs