Public bug reported: I just upgraded my desktop from Kosmic Koala to Lucid Lynx, and upgraded to the latest. Everything worked fine prior to the upgrade except some unrelated networking issues. I now find that I cannot launch any virtual machines using libvirt/qemu/kvm and libvirt-manager.
If I try to launch a VM having only a CD-ROM image for bulk storage, I get: File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 588, in run_domain vm.startup() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 150, in startup self._backend.create() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 300, in create if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self) libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: libvir: QEMU error : cannot set ownership on /var/lib/libvirt/images/finnix-93.0.iso: Permission denied This is a known bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517304 (I don't see any comparable bug in launchpad.) If I try to launch a VM with only a virtual hard drive, I get: File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 588, in run_domain vm.startup() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 150, in startup self._backend.create() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 300, in create if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self) libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: libvir: QEMU error : cannot change to '126' group: Operation not permitted # grep 126 /etc/group /etc/passwd /etc/group:kvm:x:126: /etc/passwd:libvirt-qemu:x:120:126:Libvirt Qemu,,,:/var/lib/libvirt:/bin/false Versions: # pre libvirt kvm qemu libvirt-bin 0.7.5-5ubuntu27 amd64 libvirt0 0.7.5-5ubuntu27 amd64 python-libvirt 0.7.5-5ubuntu27 amd64 qemu-common 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9 all qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9 amd64 # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release: 10.04 # uname -a Linux dzur 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux # cat /proc/version_signature Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: libvirt-bin 0.7.5-5ubuntu27 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jun 29 12:24:47 2010 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libvirt ** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid -- Libvirt/kvm permissions/ownership issue on upgrade from Kosmic to Lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/599910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs