[Bug 891204] [NEW] Essential configuration in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf commented out

[Mikael Ståldal]

Public bug reported:

When running virt-install (as root, using sudo), I get this error:

ERROR    internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/3
open /dev/kvm: Permission denied
failed to initialize KVM: Operation not permitted

If I uncomment these lines in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf, it works:
user = "root"
group = "root"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: libvirt-bin 0.9.2-4ubuntu15.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 16 16:42:30 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: libvirt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-24 (23 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.conf: 2011-11-16T16:38:28.250891

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity

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