I have also now disabled apparmor and re-tested an install ,but exactly the same error message appears, from the command line and using virt- manager. I have tried this as a normal user and as root.
The file it is complaining about is /usr/bin/qemu-kvm ,which is a shell script with contains the following #!/bin/bash kvm $@ -vga std the kvm command is a symlink to qemu-system-x86_64 - even though this system is an i386 ? -- libvirt executing /usr/bin/qemu-kvm fails with Permission denied https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575162 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to libvirt in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs