Thanks for bringing the laptop. We took a look. After installing qemu-kvm and libvirt (and virt- manager) /dev/kvm has the right permissions and ownership. User ubuntu is able to run kvm. However when doing
sudo -u libvirt-qemu strace -f -o/tmp/outout kvm -vnc :1 you see that when it tries to open /dev/kvm it gets -EACCESS. Doing 'rmmod kvm_intel kvm; modprobe kvm_intel' results in /dev/kvm being created with the exact same owner/perms as before, but now libvirt-qemu is able to open the device. I did not think to look at the acls. ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu-kvm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057024 Title: kvm kernel module always loaded, without setting /dev/kvm permissions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/1057024/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs