errors instaling virt-manager on 11.10

[Phil Dobbin]

On 12/12/2012 10:44 AM, Tapas Mishra wrote:
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> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Abhishek Dixit <abhidixit87 at gmail.com
> <mailto:abhidixit87 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> 
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>     On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Phil Dobbin <bukowskiscat at gmail.com
>     <mailto:bukowskiscat at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         On 12/12/2012 09:26 AM, Tapas Mishra wrote:
> 
>         > Hi,
>         > I am trying to install virt-manager on 11.10 on 64 bit machine
>         >  sudo aptitude install virt-manager
>         >
>         > here is where it stopped the install
>         >
>         > Processing triggers for python-support ...
>         > Errors were encountered while processing:
>         >  libvirt-bin
>         > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>         > A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
>         > Setting up libvirt-bin (0.9.2-4ubuntu15) ...
>         > useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.
>         > adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/lib/libvirt -g kvm -s
>         /bin/false -u
>         > 118 libvirt-qemu' returned error code 1. Exiting.
>         > dpkg: error processing libvirt-bin (--configure):
>         >  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
>         exit status 1
>         > Errors were encountered while processing:
>         >  libvirt-bin
>         >
>         >
>         > What should be done in this case to resolve it?
> 
>         Complete shot in the dark but try running this in a terminal:
> 
>         $ egrep '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
> 
>         If you get nothing returned, your cpu isn't VT enabled & you
>         can't use
>         kvm (whether xen is in the repos for 11.10, I've no idea).
> 
>     This has nothing to do with problem of OP, you still can install
>     virt-manager and
>     use an ssh connection to control a machine which is in network one
>     can install virt-manager at
>     his end and connect to a machine remotely.
>     The problem OP faces is packages not installing.
>      
> 
> Correct...

Did warn it was a shot in the dark...

  Phil...


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