diff -u virt-manager-0.5.3/debian/patches/series virt-manager-0.5.3/debian/patches/series
--- virt-manager-0.5.3/debian/patches/series
+++ virt-manager-0.5.3/debian/patches/series
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+kvm_rw_test.patch
diff -u virt-manager-0.5.3/debian/changelog virt-manager-0.5.3/debian/changelog
--- virt-manager-0.5.3/debian/changelog
+++ virt-manager-0.5.3/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+virt-manager (0.5.3-0ubuntu10) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/kvm_rw_test.patch, debian/patches/series, 
+    src/virtManager/create.py: Test read/write access to /dev/kvm before
+    trying to create a new virtual machine, display a message about missing
+    group membership if rw access fails.  (LP: #187048)
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:03:39 -0500
+
 virt-manager (0.5.3-0ubuntu9) hardy; urgency=low
 
   [ Jamie Strandboge ]
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- virt-manager-0.5.3.orig/debian/patches/kvm_rw_test.patch
+++ virt-manager-0.5.3/debian/patches/kvm_rw_test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- virt-manager-0.5.3/src/virtManager/create.py.orig	2008-01-10 19:17:51.000000000 -0600
++++ virt-manager-0.5.3/src/virtManager/create.py	2008-04-30 01:07:37.783838895 -0500
+@@ -759,6 +759,17 @@ class vmmCreate(gobject.GObject):
+ 
+     def validate(self, page_num):
+ 
++        # Test read/write access to /dev/kvm
++        try:
++            f = open("/dev/kvm", "r+")
++            f.close()
++        except IOError, e:
++            username = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]
++            msg = str(e) + "\n\nHint: `sudo adduser " + username + " kvm`\n"
++            msg += "Logout of this session, and then log back in.\n" 
++            self._validation_error_box(_("Incorrect Group Membership"), _(msg))
++            return False
++
+         # Setting the values in the Guest/Disk/Network virtinst objects
+         # provides a lot of error checking for free, we just have to catch
+         # the messages