Stephan Wiesand wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying the virtualization stuff now, and it works fine, but I can't start virt-manager. When I try, a window pops up saying "Error starting Virtual Machine Manager: Couldn't recognize the image file format for file '/usr/share/virt-manager/pixmaps/virt-manager-icon.svg'". > > And the "Details" button reveals: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 413, in <module> > main() > File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 344, in main > appname + "-icon.svg") > GError: Couldn't recognize the image file format for file '/usr/share/virt-manager/pixmaps/virt-manager-icon.svg' > > Is this working for others? Any idea what I may be missing (some hidden dependency?) or what could be the problem? > > Thanks, > Stephan > Hi Stephan, I haven't had a chance to install and test this, but I came upon this article today. http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/set-up-kvm-on-scientific-linux-6-server-alpha-3/ From the article it says " To be able to start virt-manager run as root to re-create the ‘gdk-pixbuf.loaders’ file :- /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-64 > /etc/gtk-2.0/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf.loaders or just comment out lines 343,344 in /usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py to allow virt-manager to start . " I haven't tested this, but they were getting the same errors you were getting. Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/SCF/FEF/SLSMS Group __________________________________________________