https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812609 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812609#c0 Summary: Virt-Install permissions has changed , not running as root Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: KVM AssignedTo: kvm-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: tonysu@su-networking.com QAContact: jdouglas@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0 First, this is actually openSUSE 12.3, not 12.2 (bugzilla has to fix this, no option for 12.3) The Virt Install launched by virt-manager (not the version that's launched from the KDE Menu) crashes with the following error Error launching manager: Must be the 'root' user to run vm-install Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 700, in _do_show_create create = vmmCreate(virtman=True,key=0) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vminstall/gtk/interface.py", line 112, in __init__ raise Error(Exception(), vminstall.msg.must_be_root) Error: Must be the 'root' user to run vm-install Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Launch Virt-Manager 2. Click on the "Create a New Virtual Machine" button Actual Results: Crash with the error as described. Expected Results: Proceed to create a new VM with configured details I can't remember if I've actually tried this install method before since upgrading to 12.3. Did work in 12.2 although I prefer "the other way" by way of KDE App Launch button > System > Virtualization > Create Virtual Machine for Xen and KVM" Don't know if this is relevant, Although Xen kernel is installed as an option, am running this factory kernel 3.8.2-1-default virt-install version 0.600.3 virt-manager version 0.9.4 libvirt version 1.0.3-2.1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.