[Bug 1057024] Re: kvm kernel module always loaded

[Serge Hallyn]

** Summary changed:

- internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/1 error when creating a vm
+ kvm kernel module always loaded

** Also affects: udev (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Summary changed:

- kvm kernel module always loaded
+ kvm kernel module always loaded, without setting /dev/kvm permissions

** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: libvirt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: High => Critical

** No longer affects: udev (Ubuntu)

** Package changed: libvirt (Ubuntu) => qemu-kvm (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  kvm kernel module always loaded, without setting /dev/kvm permissions

Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The following occurred on a fresh quantal installation attmpting to
  create a quantal vm, both host and guest were amd64.

  Unable to complete install: 'internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/1
  Could not access KVM kernel module: Permission denied
  failed to initialize KVM: Permission denied
  No accelerator found!
  '

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 96, in cb_wrapper
      callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1943, in do_install
      guest.start_install(False, meter=meter)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1246, in start_install
      noboot)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1314, in _create_guest
      dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml or final_xml, 0)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 2501, in createLinux
      if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
  libvirtError: internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/1
  Could not access KVM kernel module: Permission denied
  failed to initialize KVM: Permission denied
  No accelerator found!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: libvirt-bin 0.9.13-0ubuntu10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep 26 17:40:25 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20120926)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: libvirt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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