[Bug 1319773] [NEW] virt-manager unable to connect to xen domain

[glisignoli]

Public bug reported:

On Ubuntu 14.04, server with Xen kernel and virt-manager (all
dependencies installed). I get the following error when trying to
connect to my XEN domain (localhost) using virt-manager:

Unable to connect to libvirt.

internal error: libxenlight state driver is not active

Verify that:
 - A Xen host kernel was booted
 - The Xen service has been started

Libvirt URI is: xen:///

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1027, in _open_thread
    self.vmm = self._try_open()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1009, in _try_open
    flags)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 105, in openAuth
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed')
libvirtError: internal error: libxenlight state driver is not active

Package versions that might be relevent:
virt-manager:
  Installed: 0.9.5-1ubuntu3

xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64:
  Installed: 4.4.0-0ubuntu5

libvirt-bin:
  Installed: 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1

** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: 14.04 libvirtd virt-manager xen

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