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Bazzite•14mo ago•
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[Resolved] virt-manager cannot create VMs: permission denied

Unable to complete install: 'can't connect to virtlogd: Unable to open file: /var/log/libvirt/qemu/linux2022.log: Permission denied'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 71, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py", line 2008, in _do_async_install
    installer.start_install(guest, meter=meter)
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 726, in start_install
    domain = self._create_guest(
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 667, in _create_guest
    domain = self.conn.createXML(initial_xml or final_xml, 0)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 4545, in createXML
    raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: can't connect to virtlogd: Unable to open file: /var/log/libvirt/qemu/linux2022.log: Permission denied
Unable to complete install: 'can't connect to virtlogd: Unable to open file: /var/log/libvirt/qemu/linux2022.log: Permission denied'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 71, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py", line 2008, in _do_async_install
    installer.start_install(guest, meter=meter)
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 726, in start_install
    domain = self._create_guest(
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 667, in _create_guest
    domain = self.conn.createXML(initial_xml or final_xml, 0)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 4545, in createXML
    raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: can't connect to virtlogd: Unable to open file: /var/log/libvirt/qemu/linux2022.log: Permission denied
Solution
/var/lib/libvirt/images
/var/lib/libvirt/images
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