Solved on 18.04 with: sudo adduser 'user' kvm and rebooted -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767302
Title: User is not added to kvm group when installing gnome-boxes Status in gnome-boxes package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in qemu package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-boxes source package in Bionic: Triaged Status in qemu source package in Bionic: Won't Fix Status in systemd source package in Bionic: Invalid Status in gnome-boxes source package in Cosmic: Invalid Status in qemu source package in Cosmic: Invalid Status in systemd source package in Cosmic: Fix Released Status in gnome-boxes source package in Disco: Invalid Status in qemu source package in Disco: Invalid Status in systemd source package in Disco: Fix Released Bug description: Installing gnome-boxes does not add the user to the needed kvm group. This leads to the problem that it is impossible to start any system within gnome-boxes. Gnome-Boxes throwes the error: CPU mode 'custom' for x86_64 kvm domain on x86_64 host is not supported by hypervisor adduser <username> kvm solves that problem but how should an average user know that. Gnome-Boxes is not usable as of now. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-boxes/+bug/1767302/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
