I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.2 32 bits.

The error doesn't show up if I start gksudo virt-manager.

• libvirt-bin is installed.


• I don't know how to check for the daemon.


• I am a member of libvirtd.

Output of ps ax | grep libvirt:

9225 ? Sl 0:04 /usr/sbin/libvirtd -d

9302 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -u libvirt-dnsmasq --strict-order --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/libvirt/network/default.pid --conf-file= --except-interface lo --listen-address 192.168.122.1 --dhcp-range 192.168.122.2,192.168.122.254 --dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.leases --dhcp-lease-max=253 --dhcp-no-override`

Output of ls -l /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock:

srwxrwx--- 1 root libvirtd 0 Set 13 15:04 /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock

Output of getent group libvirtd:

 libvirtd:x:130:OTHERUSER,MYUSER

Detailed error message

Unable to connect to libvirt.   

Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': Permission denied



Verify that:

 - The 'libvirt-bin' package is installed

 - The 'libvirtd' daemon has been started

 - You are member of the 'libvirtd' group



Libvirt URI is: qemu:///system



Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1185, in _open_thread

    self.vmm = self._try_open()

  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1167, in _try_open

    flags)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth

    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed')

libvirtError: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': Permission denied