kvm, virt-manager; can't install new vm [Solved]

[senorsmile]

I have recently switched over from Arch Linux. Honestly, too many upgrades kept breaking my machine.

I use KVM via virt-manager to install and run virtual machines. However, when I try to set up a new virtual machine, I get the following error:

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Unable to complete install: 'internal error Process exited while reading console log output: bind(unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/ubuntu1210.monitor): Permission denied
chardev: opening backend "socket" failed
'

ubuntu1210 is the name of the VM I'm attempting to set up.


Edit: 2011/10/24 5:04PM PST

I tried launching a vm directly from the commandline and got the following:

# qemu-kvm -hda xp2011-tridium-clone.qcow2 -net user -m 1024 -vga std
qemu-system-x86_64: -hda xp2011-tridium-clone.qcow2: could not open disk image xp2011-tridium-clone.qcow2: No such file or directory

[senorsmile]

I found a post that suggested editing /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf. Find or add lines saying:

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user = "root"
group = "root"

Restart libvirtd with

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/etc/init.d/libvirtd restart


And voila! Virt-manager is now working.