This bug still affects 14.04. Upgrading libvirt to 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.19 does not fix it.
$ dpkg -l | grep libvirt ii libvirt-bin 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.19 amd64 programs for the libvirt library ii libvirt0 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.19 amd64 library for interfacing with different virtualization systems $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS Release: 14.04 $ apt-cache policy libvirt-bin libvirt-bin: Installed: 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.19 Candidate: 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.19 Version table: *** 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.19 0 500 http://gh.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.17 0 500 http://gh.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.16 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages 1.2.2-0ubuntu13 0 500 http://gh.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages Full error message: Unable to complete install: 'internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: qemu-system-x86_64: -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/centos7.0.org.qemu.guest_agent.0,server,nowait: Failed to bind socket: No such file or directory qemu-system-x86_64: -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/centos7.0.org.qemu.guest_agent.0,server,nowait: chardev: opening backend "socket" failed ' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 90, in cb_wrapper callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 2277, in _do_async_install guest.start_install(meter=meter) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 501, in start_install noboot) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 416, in _create_guest dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml or final_xml, 0) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 3606, in createLinux if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self) libvirtError: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: qemu-system-x86_64: -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/centos7.0.org.qemu.guest_agent.0,server,nowait: Failed to bind socket: No such file or directory qemu-system-x86_64: -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/centos7.0.org.qemu.guest_agent.0,server,nowait: chardev: opening backend "socket" failed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1393842 Title: libvirt does not grant qemu-guest-agent channel perms To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1393842/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs