Gnome Boxes unable to run virtual machine: Permission denied

Asked Sep 15 '22 at 11:21

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I installed Gnome Boxes via Ubuntu Software Center, choose source: Snap Store latest/stable version 42.0.1-5-ga2f71278db. When I tried to run existing *.qcow2 image I get an error: Failed to start!. The same error with creating new virtual machine.

Here the logs:

$ snap run gnome-boxes
(gnome-boxes:40467): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:48:20.627: GtkListBox with a model will ignore sort and filter functions
Boxes-Message: 13:48:20.971: libvirt-machine.vala:259: Failed to connection to system libvirt: Unable to open qemu+unix:///system: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro': Permission denied

As well I get permission denied when I try to open /media directory
BTW: version 3.36.5-0ubuntu2 that was installed via apt install gnome-boxes is working well without any issues

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS x86_64

edited Sep 15 '22 at 12:56

asked Sep 15 '22 at 11:21

sergol

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In general, snap is a sandboxed system. Each app is isolated. They don't have access to anything outside their snap environment. – user68186 Sep 15 '22 at 12:19
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Please don't add additional information in comments. Edit your question and add the information about Ubuntu version in your question. The comments are mainly for us to ask you for clarification and provide you information. – user68186 Sep 15 '22 at 12:22
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See this question. – user68186 Sep 15 '22 at 12:28

Gnome Boxes unable to run virtual machine: Permission denied

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