Re: [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(a)gmail.com&gt; 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=Vir...
>
>  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