http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1090314 Bug ID: 1090314 Summary: virt-manager unable to connect to libvirt qemu - no polkit agent available to authenticate action 'org.libvirt.unix.manage' under awesome window manager Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.0 Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Virtualization:Tools Assignee: virt-bugs@suse.de Reporter: okurz@suse.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- ## Observation Starting virt-manager on awesome window works fine. Trying to connect to qemu the following error message pops up. ``` Unable to connect to libvirt qemu:///system. authentication unavailable: no polkit agent available to authenticate action 'org.libvirt.unix.manage' Libvirt URI is: qemu:///system Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1036, in _do_open self._backend.open(self._do_creds_password) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/connection.py", line 144, in open open_flags) File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 105, in openAuth if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') libvirt.libvirtError: authentication unavailable: no polkit agent available to authenticate action 'org.libvirt.unix.manage' ``` ## Expected result authentication should work -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.