Run virt-manager on Windows 10
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@hobbit666 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
Having a few issues getting this running.
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So i've installed Xming.
Set the Display and Ran the program. - 
Gone to the Windows Store and installed Ubuntu 18.04
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Ran Ubuntu and done and
ap-get update
Thenapt-get install virt-manager - 
ran
virt-manager & 
This is where i get the first problem.
I get the following message:-

Do i need to install or run anything else on the Windows Ubuntu instance?
To avoid seeing that message, you can do this instead.
virt-manager --connect=qemu+ssh://user@kvmhost/system & - 
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Why Virt-manager over Hyper-V? For Windows 10 Home users?
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@kamidon said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
Why Virt-manager over Hyper-V? For Windows 10 Home users?
It’s about managing KVM hosts.
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my name jeff
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@stacksofplates said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
@ecksdeexd said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
my name jeff
I read that with the accent.
Me too... I heard Borat in my head.
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Just did this again tonight, and had 1 more step needed now.
apt-get install -y ssh-askpass-gnomeThat is if you need to login. Might not need it if using a password protected ssh key instead.
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@travisdh1 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
Just did this again tonight, and had 1 more step needed now.
apt-get install -y ssh-askpass-gnomeThat is if you need to login. Might not need it if using a password protected ssh key instead.
It’s probably still needed if your key has a pass phrase with it.
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I can not enter I get this error
Gtk-WARNING **: 18:15:17.802: cannot open display: :0
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@sirs06 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:

I can not enter I get this error
Gtk-WARNING **: 18:15:17.802: cannot open display: :0
You probably need the
export DISPLAY=:0first. - 
Hi everyone. I got this error when i try to add connection.
Unable to connect to libvirt qemu+ssh://chipprel@192.168.1.101/system.
End of file while reading data: nc: unix connect failed: No such file or directory
nc: /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock: No such file or directory: Input/output errorVerify that the 'libvirtd' daemon is running on the remote host.
Hope anyone could help me here. I am kinda new to wsl or even linux base.
Thanks.
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@chipprel said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
Hi everyone. I got this error when i try to add connection.
Unable to connect to libvirt qemu+ssh://chipprel@192.168.1.101/system.
End of file while reading data: nc: unix connect failed: No such file or directory
nc: /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock: No such file or directory: Input/output errorVerify that the 'libvirtd' daemon is running on the remote host.
Hope anyone could help me here. I am kinda new to wsl or even linux base.
Thanks.
does your user
chipprelhave access? make that user a member of the libvrt groupsudo gpasswd -a chipprel libvrt - 
@JaredBusch libvrt -> libvirt
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@JaredBusch said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
Hope anyone could help me here. I am kinda new to wsl or even linux base.
I did add it, still same error.
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@chipprel said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
@JaredBusch said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
Hope anyone could help me here. I am kinda new to wsl or even linux base.
I did add it, still same error.
Is the daemon running?
sudo systemctl status libvirtd - 
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
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@chipprel said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is downYou run that command on your KVM server.
 
