[SOLVED] Upgraded qemu and now virt-manager will not start

Altiris · 12-30-2015, 04:37 PM

I upgraded qemu through SlackBuilds.org and now virt-manager will not start (virt-manager was also built through SlackBuilds.org)

Here is the error I get,

Code:

virt-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager", line 34, in <module>
    from virtinst import util as util
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/__init__.py", line 87, in <module>
    from virtinst.distroinstaller import DistroInstaller
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/distroinstaller.py", line 26, in <module>
    from . import urlfetcher
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/urlfetcher.py", line 27, in <module>virt-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager", line 34, in <module>
    from virtinst import util as util
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/__init__.py", line 87, in <module>
    from virtinst.distroinstaller import DistroInstaller
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/distroinstaller.py", line 26, in <module>
    from . import urlfetcher
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/urlfetcher.py", line 27, in <module>
    import requests
ImportError: No module named requests

    import requests
ImportError: No module named requests

To tell you guys the truth I really have no clue at all where to start. All of these errors seem weird, I am ASSUMING it is due to me upgrading qemu. Maybe I should try removing virt-manager and installing it again?

EDIT:....Yeah removing and installing it again did the trick. I am just so afriad to break things I am reluctant to try. Slackware def. does not break as easily as some other distros have though.

glorsplitz · 12-31-2015, 01:05 PM

Altiris, hi, I've been using virtualbox long time and it's served me well, what do you get with qemu? have you tried virtualbox? google found mixed results for and against either.

Thanks

Altiris · 12-31-2015, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glorsplitz

Altiris, hi, I've been using virtualbox long time and it's served me well, what do you get with qemu? have you tried virtualbox? google found mixed results for and against either.

Thanks

Hi, I use qemu with KVM. I have not tried VirtualBox on Slackware but I have tried it on my desktop with arch linux and my experience with it it's just somewhat buggy. Sometimes some ISOs/distros don't load, or I have to re-run modprobe or some other command everytime the computer wakes from sleep. With Qemu/KVM I never had any of these problems and all ISOs/distros have ran wonderfully. I also am not a fan of Oracle so if inf could avoid using it I would. I sort of just like KVM/QEMU more, I am using it to ring a windows Vista virtual machine as I need some version of windows to host a server for a particular video game. Another "problem" I can think of is yiu need those header packages or something for each kernel with virtualbox, if slackware kernel ever gets an update (doubt it), that would be another thing to worry about.

Use whichever you like best.

glorsplitz · 12-31-2015, 01:36 PM

thanks Altiris

with slackware new kernel, do /etc/rc.d/rc.vboxdrv setup and virtualbox is ok

Altiris · 01-03-2016, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glorsplitz

thanks Altiris

with slackware new kernel, do /etc/rc.d/rc.vboxdrv setup and virtualbox is ok

Nice to know for future reference, will add that in my notes/documentation that I keep.

Thanks, have a good one!