'Unable to open a connection' error when starting virtual machine manager.
Issue
- Error when starting virtual machine manager:
Unable to open a connection to the Xen hypervisor/daemon.
Verify that:
- A Xen host kernel was booted
- The Xen service has been started
details
Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI 'xen:///':
libvirt.libvirtError Unknown failure
None
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Xen kernel
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