[fedora-virt] installation of win7 with virt-manager fails with "Could not access KVM kernel module"

[Kevin Wilson]

Hi,
I must add: virt-type (in advance options) is kvm.

rgs
Kevin

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Kevin Wilson <wkevils at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have Fedora 17 and I tries to install from scratch win7 with
> virt-Manager and kvm.
>
> What I tried is this;
> Followed the instructions here:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_virtualization?rd=Virtualization_Quick_Start
>
> Opened virt-manager as root.
> select
>    local install media (ISO image or CDROM).
>
> Select:
>    Use CDROM or DVD
> Select OS type : windows.
> Select version: Microsoft windows 7.
>
> accept defaults for Memory (RAM) and CPU.
>
> Select : create a disk image of 25 GB.
>
> Then finish.
>
> I get this error:
> Unable to complete install: 'internal error process exited while
> connecting to monitor: char device redirected to /dev/pts/6
> Could not access KVM kernel module: Permission denied
> failed to initialize KVM: Permission denied
> No accelerator found!
>
> /dev/kvm  permissions are:
> ls -al /dev/kvm
> gives:
> crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root kvm 10, 232 Nov 23 18:57 /dev/kvm
>
>
> Any idea what can it be ?
>
> rgs,
> Kevin