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SpacetimeBull

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Registered: 2021-02-13

Posts: 25

virt-manager/kvm/qemu: cannot access iso file???

When I try to create a windows 10 virtual machine(pls no hurt me I am using it for xbox console companion :c) I get this error when I create it:

Unable to complete install: 'internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2021-04-15T15:05:58.497909Z qemu-system-x86_64: -blockdev {"driver":"file","filename":"/home/spacetimebull/Downloads/Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}: Could not open '/home/spacetimebull/Downloads/Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso': Permission denied'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 65, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py", line 2001, in _do_async_install
    installer.start_install(guest, meter=meter)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 701, in start_install
    domain = self._create_guest(
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 649, in _create_guest
    domain = self.conn.createXML(install_xml or final_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 4366, in createXML
    raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2021-04-15T15:05:58.497909Z qemu-system-x86_64: -blockdev {"driver":"file","filename":"/home/spacetimebull/Downloads/Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}: Could not open '/home/spacetimebull/Downloads/Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso': Permission denied

I tried searching that and I could not find a solution so here I am. Any help is appreciated, thank you :3

SpacetimeBull

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Registered: 2021-02-13

Posts: 25

Re: virt-manager/kvm/qemu: cannot access iso file???

help :c

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,911

Re: virt-manager/kvm/qemu: cannot access iso file???

is libvirt setup correctly ?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libvirt#Test

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