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Evren Yurtesen (eyurtese-g) wrote : Re: virt-manager does not fuunction after installation

I could resolve this issue by adding my user to kvm and libvirtd groups.

$ sudo adduser `id -un` kvm
$ sudo adduser `id -un` libvirtd

I believe the installer either should suggest adding the user to these groups or virt-manager should become root by asking credentials at startup.

After adding myself to groups, I got stuck at the following reported problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virt-manager/+bug/920853