KVM fail?

[slimg00dy]

I'm trying to create a VM here with virsh. So far I've managed to create the XML file and got it to work properly, however running it is the problem.

These are the errors I get.

error: Failed to start domain Cent-OS
error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: open /dev/kvm: No such file or directory
Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support
qemu: could not open disk image /media/55D123D9E79ABF54/VM/Cent-OS-5.5.img: Permission denied

I've tried setting SElinux to permissive mode. Still no go.

Fedora 14 X64
hypervisor qemu
XML:

<domain type='kvm'>
 <name>Cent-OS</name>
 <uuid>85badf15-244d-4719-a2da-8c3de0641356</uuid>
 <memory>1024000</memory>
 <currentMemory>1024000</currentMemory>
 <vcpu>1</vcpu>
 <os>
   <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
   <boot dev='cdrom'/>
 </os>
 <features>
   <acpi/>
   <apic/>
   <pae/>
 </features>
 <clock offset='localtime'/>
 <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
 <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
 <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
 <devices>
   <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
   <disk type='file' device='disk'>
     <source file='/media/55D123D9E79ABF54/VM/Cent-OS-5.5.img'/>
     <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
   </disk>
   <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
     <source file='/media/500GB/Downloads/CentOS-5.5-x86_64-LiveCD.iso.iso'/>
     <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/>
     <readonly/>
   </disk>
   <interface type='bridge'>
     <source bridge='br0'/>
     <mac address="52:54:00:4B:38:FD"/>
   </interface>
  <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
  <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' keymap='en-us'/>
 </devices>
</domain>

[Rubberman]

So, you're trying to open a VM image that is on an external disc? Is that a read-only media, such as CD/DVD? Also, the fact that you are getting a permissions error means that you are trying to open it either as the wrong user, or because it is read-only and kvm/qemu is trying to open it read+write.

[slimg00dy]

So, you're trying to open a VM image that is on an external disc? Is that a read-only media, such as CD/DVD? Also, the fact that you are getting a permissions error means that you are trying to open it either as the wrong user, or because it is read-only and kvm/qemu is trying to open it read+write.

/media/55D123D9E79ABF54/VM/Cent-OS-5.5.img
Is the disk image. Its located on another disk, so its not in the default directory. Not enough space.

/media/500GB/Downloads/CentOS-5.5-x86_64-LiveCD.iso.iso
is the ISO image I'm trying to install the OS with. Its also located in another disk.
That's why Its written like

<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
     <source file='/media/500GB/Downloads/CentOS-5.5-x86_64-LiveCD.iso.iso'/>

I'll try it without the readonly flag.
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Still no go.

virsh # define /media/55D123D9E79ABF54/VM/Centos.xml 
Domain Cent-OS defined from /media/55D123D9E79ABF54/VM/Centos.xml

virsh # start Cent-OS
error: Failed to start domain Cent-OS
error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: open /dev/kvm: No such file or directory
Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support
qemu: could not open disk image /media/55D123D9E79ABF54/VM/Cent-OS-5.5.img: Permission denied


virsh #

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I've tried changing owner ship of the image file to qemu and group as well.

Still no go.