apt-get update fails

[satimis]

Hi folks,

Host - Debian 5.0 32bit
VM - Ubuntu 9.10 32bit
KVM

On running
$ sudo apt-get update

err http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic release.gpg
could not resolve 'hk.archive.ubuntu.com'
......

The feature System --> Shutdown/Restart/etc. are missing

Please help. TIA

B.R.
satimis

[Rubberman]

Most likely your DNS servers are down, your /etc/resolv.conf is pointing to the wrong DNS servers, or the site itself is down. What virtual machine manager are you using?

[satimis]

Most likely your DNS servers are down, your /etc/resolv.conf is pointing to the wrong DNS servers, or the site itself is down.

Hi Rubberman,

Just checked /etc.resolv.conf. DNS servers are correct.

What virtual machine manager are you using?

Gnome
Applications -> System Tools - Virtual Machine Manager


I have another problem here.

Gnome
Applications -> System Tools - Virtual Machine Manager

popup following error;

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 346, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 248, in main
    setup_logging()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 124, in setup_logging
    os.mkdir(vm_dir)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/satimis/.virt-manager'

$ ls -al /home/satimis/ | grep virt-manager

drwxr-xr-x  2 root    root           4096 2009-05-31 06:11 .virt-manager

$ mv /home/satimis/.virt-manager /home/satimis/.virt-manager.old01

Restart
Applications -> System Tools - Virtual Machine Manager

starting GUI virt-manager but without asking for login as root

$ ls -al /home/satimis/ | grep virt-manager

drwxr-xr-x  2 satimis  satimis        4096 2010-01-31 10:00 .virt-manager

If changing the owner by running
$ sudo chown root:root /home/satimis/.virt-manager

GUI virt-manage can't start with abovementioned warning pop.


I'm now running "virt-manager" as user (satimis)


Edit:

Ah, I know the problem. bridge-utils is not installed on this VM. Therefore it can't connect Internet. I'm trying to run "apt-get update" and then "apt-get install bridge-utils". Any solution? Thanks


TIA
satimis

[satimis]

Hi folks,

Problem solved as follow;

Edit /etc/network/interfaces;
change

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

as

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

and comment out all bridge items

$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Run;
- aptitude update
- aptitude upgrade
- aptitude install bridge-utils

Re-edit /etc/network/interfaces and reinstate all previous settings.

$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Update problem gone. The network is running at static IP

However the problem of "virt-manager" is still existing


B.R.
satimis