This is interesting. The apparmor policy includes the rule: owner /run/shm/spice.* rw
/dev/shm is a symlink to /run/shm, so you should have the needed permissions. Could you please show the results of ls -ld /run/shm /dev/shm ls -l /run/shm /dev/shm status: incomplete ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1365163 Title: apparmor breaks virt-manager creation [qemu-system-x86_64 crashed with SIGABRT in spice_logv()] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1365163/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs