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Re: virt-manager works only when started as root.

dummy@example.com (chomwitt) — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 05:36:22 +0000

I will try that and report back in this same reply.

Re: virt-manager works only when started as root.

dummy@example.com (stopAI) — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:36:32 +0000

Just add your user to

libvirt-qemu

group and relogin session.

Re: virt-manager works only when started as root.

dummy@example.com (chomwitt) — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 06:36:15 +0000

Sorry. I guess you are right in guiding towards a pemission issue because eventually i had to change permission
related libvirtd options:

$ sudo nano /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf

unix_sock_group = "libvirt"
unix_sock_rw_perms = "0770"

$ sudo nano /etc/libvirt/qemu.con
user = "chomwitt"

group = "chomwitt"

And it was essential to do also:

Upon opening Virt-Manager, it will default to the system variant (root) of the QEMU connection.
This can be changed to the user connection by going to: File > Add Connection.
Now select QEMU/KVM User session as the Hypervisor and click OK

Re: virt-manager works only when started as root.

dummy@example.com (GlennW) — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 06:14:48 +0000

Great! It's the permissions I was reffering to. But glad you got it working.

Re: virt-manager works only when started as root.

dummy@example.com (chomwitt) — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:21:49 +0000

GlennW thanks for the ideas ~~but i think virtualbox is a different virtualization program .~~

For time being i followed the https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Virt-manager instructions and it worked.

Re: virt-manager works only when started as root.

dummy@example.com (GlennW) — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:59:32 +0000

Hi, talking about permissions...

I used to run windows on a virtual (box) machine, and I used these changes to smooth the way...

#chown -hR vboxusers:vboxusers /opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh
#chown -hR vboxusers:vboxusers /usr/bin/VirtualBox
#chmod -R 755 /usr/bin/VirtualBox
#chmod -R 755 /opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh
#chgrp -h glenn /home/glenn/local/vm1/
#chmod -R 755 /home/glenn/local/vm1/

Just sharing the idea... I hope it helps.

virt-manager works only when started as root.

dummy@example.com (chomwitt) — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:45:32 +0000

$ dpkg -l virt-manager
ii virt-manager 1:4.1.0-2 all desktop application for managing virtual machines

I have added myself to the libvirt group (to pass another error : unable to connect to libvirt)
but now starting virt-manager as a regular user i see 'QEMU/KVM - Not connected' and left clicking on the create a new virtual machine
i see a error window "Error : No active connection to install on."

But $ sudo virt-manager doesnt display that issue.