Hello and thanks for reporting a bug. You shouldn't need to manually chown /dev/kvm. On a fresh Ubuntu Jammy install, I see:
# ls -la /dev/kvm crw-rw---- 1 root kvm 10, 232 Mar 7 19:41 /dev/kvm After installing qemu and virt-manager, I still see the proper permissions/ownership, as expected. Therefore, it looks to me like this could be a local configuration issue. Could you please provide more details about what actions you performed before seeing the error? Also, note that if you're trying to execute qemu using a regular user then you will need to add this user to the kvm group. Marking the bug as Incomplete for now until we get more details about it. Thanks. ** Changed in: virt-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2056479 Title: Error qemu-system-x86_64: -accel kvm: failed to initialize kvm: Permission denied To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virt-manager/+bug/2056479/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs