2017-12-18 19:48 GMT+01:00 Christopher Baines : > > Catonano writes: > > > 2017-12-12 17:46 GMT+01:00 Catonano : > > > >> 2017-12-12 15:56 GMT+01:00 Ricardo Wurmus : > >> > >>> > >>> Hi Catonano, > >>> > >>> > I need a libvirt daemon running in order to use virt-manager > >>> > >>> You just need to have the libvirt service with the default > >>> configuration, and then you should be able to use virt-manager. Have > >>> you tried that? > >>> > >>> > >> No, I hadn't tried. > >> I saw 2 services, didn't understand and got scared > >> > >> Thanks :-) > >> > >> > > Ok, I reconfigured > > > > virt-manager still can't start: > > > > libvirtError: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/ > > libvirt-sock': Permesso negato (denied permission) > > > > ~$ ls -lhad /var/run/libvirt > > drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4,0K 12 dic 18.43 /var/run/libvirt/ > > > > ~$ sudo herd status libvirt > > Password: > > herd: service 'libvirt' could not be found > > > > am I doing anything wrong ? > > Just in case you or someone else wants to use libvirt. I think the > service is called libvirtd, It's called "libvirt" ! > and you probably need to make sure you're > user is in the libvirt group. > Also in the "root" group ! In fact, when launching virt-manager, var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock should be accessible and it's readable/writable by users in the root group, others can't access it So your user needs to be in the root group too ! Happy New Year !