On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 11:30:38AM +0200, arnaud gaboury wrote:
I found my entries about this topic, but no clear answer.
As user, I want to install a VM with virt-install. $ virt-install --connect qemu:///system --LONG list of options
Error : could not access KVM kernel module: permission denied. Running the above command as root returns the same.
My configuration: martinus@gerbillous ➤➤ ~ % uname -r 3.16.1-1-ARCH martinus@gerbillous ➤➤ ~ % ls -al /dev/kvm crw-rw----+ 1 root kvm 10, 232 Aug 17 11:05 /dev/kvm martinus@gerbillous ➤➤ ~ % groups martinus adm wheel video audio kalu libvirt qemu kvm martinus
You don't need to be in 'kvm' group to use /dev/kvm. What does 'getfacl /dev/kvm' say? Can you run a plain qemu-system-<something>? Cheers, -- Leonid Isaev GPG fingerprints: DA92 034D B4A8 EC51 7EA6 20DF 9291 EE8A 043C B8C4 C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D