On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 15:39 +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote: > Control: tag -1 + moreinfo > > 18.02.2013 13:10, Frederik Himpe wrote: > > Package: qemu-system-common > > Version: 1.4.0+dfsg-1exp > > Severity: normal > > > > I installed qemu from experimental (I did not have qemu nor kvm installed > > on my > > system before) and now when booting, I get this error: > > > > Feb 18 09:30:20 elitebook udevd[438]: specified group 'kvm' unknown > > > > This seems to be caused by the rule in /lib/udev/rules.d/60-qemu-system- > > common.rules > > Yes, that rules file refers to the kvm group. However, the > postinst script of qemu-system-common has this: > > if [ "$1" = configure ] ; then > # Add the kvm group unless it's already there > if ! getent group kvm >/dev/null; then > addgroup --quiet --system kvm || true > fi > fi > > so it should have added this group. Please take a look at > /etc/group - is it really not there?
$ getent group kvm kvm:x:126: You are right. I noticed this error while I was debugging another problem (virt-manager hanging when connecting to libvirtd qemu:///system) but then it seems this message is only a red herring. Thanks! -- Frederik Himpe <[email protected]> Vrije Universiteit Brussel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
