On 04/20/2011 08:14 PM, Hostetler, David B. (JSC-IT)[DB Consulting 
Group, Inc.] wrote:
> I have a lab box, running SL6 32 bit (AMD Sempron 3000+ 32 bit) with 2gb
> RAM, I have a test I would like to run with the thing and create a small
> virtual network in the box, but I am finding that I cannot do so, when I
> run virt-manager I get the following error….
>
> Unable to open connection to hypervisor URI ‘qemu:///system’:
>
> No connection driver available for qemu:///system
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
> File “/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py”, line 992
> in_try_open
>
> I am guessing, but I could be wrong, since this doesn’t work in an
> installation of the “upstr4eam vendor 6.0” that the issue is most likely
> that KVM virtualization is not supported in the 32 bit kernel. Is that
> correct?
>
> I am making do using Virtual Box, but that adds additional overhead to a
> small machine to start with. I am really hoping to use kernel space
> virtualization if possible…
>
> Another option, if anyone might have a lead on it, I can always upgrade
> the CPU to an Athlon 64 Socket 754, but where can I find a good one?
> This is for a work related, but personal project, so the funding has to
> come out of my wallet…
>
> *David B. Hostetler. RHCSA, Linux +, MCP*
> System Adminstrator, ITAMS
>
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KVM virtualization is not supported under i386 ... You need a x86_64 
hosts ... And Xen is not supported in RHEL6/SL6 as dom0 ...



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