On 2026-02-04 11:47, Paolo Galtieri wrote:
Here is what I tried:
sudo virt-install --name u24-vm-01 --ram 8192 --vcpus 2 --disk path=`pwd`/
u24-vm-01,size=50 --cdrom /run/media/pgaltieri/SDNVIRTLAB06/
OperatingSystems/Ubuntu/ubuntu-24.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso --network
network=default --os-variant ubuntu-stable-latest
Here is the result
Starting install...
Allocating 'u24-vm-01' | 50 GB 00:00:08
Removing disk 'u24-vm-01' | 00:00:00
ERROR internal error: QEMU unexpectedly closed the monitor (vm='u24-
vm-01'): 2026-02-04T16:36:09.090428Z qemu-system-x86_64: -blockdev
{"driver":"file","filename":"/run/media/pgaltieri/SDNVIRTLAB06/
VirtualMachines/KVM/VMs/u24-vm-01/u24-vm-01","node-name":"libvirt-2-
storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}: Could not open '/run/
media/pgaltieri/SDNVIRTLAB06/VirtualMachines/KVM/VMs/u24-vm-01/u24-vm-01':
Permission denied
Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
virsh --connect qemu:///system start u24-vm-01
Here are the directory permissions for
/run/media/pgaltieri/SDNVIRTLAB06/VirtualMachines/KVM/VMs/u24-vm-01
drwxrwxrwx 1 pgaltieri pgaltieri 48 Feb 4 08:36 ./
Additionally I get SElinux alerts
SELinux is preventing rpc-virtstorage from unlink access on the file u24-vm-01
Using virt-manager as my user id fails
Unable to complete install: 'internal error: QEMU unexpectedly closed the
monitor (vm='u24-vm-01'): 2026-02-04T16:44:06.409645Z qemu-system-x86_64: -
blockdev {"driver":"file","filename":"/run/media/pgaltieri/SDNVIRTLAB06/
VirtualMachines/KVM/VMs/u24-vm-01/u24-vm-01","node-name":"libvirt-2-
storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}: Could not open '/run/
media/pgaltieri/SDNVIRTLAB06/VirtualMachines/KVM/VMs/u24-vm-01/u24-vm-01':
Permission denied'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 67, in
cb_wrapper
callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py", line 1969, in
_do_async_install
installer.start_install(guest, meter=meter)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 722,
in start_install
domain = self._create_guest(guest, meter, initial_xml, final_xml,
doboot, transient)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 664,
in _create_guest
domain = self.conn.createXML(initial_xml or final_xml, 0)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 4594, in
createXML
raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: internal error: QEMU unexpectedly closed the monitor
(vm='u24-vm-01'): 2026-02-04T16:44:06.409645Z qemu-system-x86_64: -blockdev
{"driver":"file","filename":"/run/media/pgaltieri/SDNVIRTLAB06/
VirtualMachines/KVM/VMs/u24-vm-01/u24-vm-01","node-name":"libvirt-2-
storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}: Could not open '/run/
media/pgaltieri/SDNVIRTLAB06/VirtualMachines/KVM/VMs/u24-vm-01/u24-vm-01':
Permission denied
I get this SElinux alert
SELinux is preventing rpc-virtqemud from setattr access on the file u24-vm-01
So far I have not been able to create a single VM on F43.
Why are you trying to do it in such a convoluted way?
Just start Virtual Machine Manager, define your VM and off you go. No
need for CLI wizardry.
Cheers
Frank
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