[arch-general] qemu-vm : access to KVM kernel denied

[Leonid Isaev]

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 at gerbillous ➤➤ ~ % uname -r
> 3.16.1-1-ARCH
> martinus at gerbillous ➤➤ ~ % ls -al /dev/kvm
> crw-rw----+ 1 root kvm 10, 232 Aug 17 11:05 /dev/kvm
> martinus at 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,
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Leonid Isaev
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