Questions[virtualization](ubuntu)

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.2 32 bits.

The error doesn't show up if I start gksudo virt-manager.

• libvirt-bin is installed.
• I don't know how to check for the daemon.
• I am a member of libvirtd.

Output of ps ax | grep libvirt:

9225 ? Sl 0:04 /usr/sbin/libvirtd -d
9302 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -u libvirt-dnsmasq --strict-order --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/libvirt/network/default.pid --conf-file= --except-interface lo --listen-address 192.168.122.1 --dhcp-range 192.168.122.2,192.168.122.254 --dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.leases --dhcp-lease-max=253 --dhcp-no-override`

Output of ls -l /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock:

srwxrwx--- 1 root libvirtd 0 Set 13 15:04 /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock

Output of getent group libvirtd:

 libvirtd:x:130:OTHERUSER,MYUSER

Detailed error message

Unable to connect to libvirt.   
Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': Permission denied

Verify that:
 - The 'libvirt-bin' package is installed
 - The 'libvirtd' daemon has been started
 - You are member of the 'libvirtd' group

Libvirt URI is: qemu:///system

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1185, in _open_thread
    self.vmm = self._try_open()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1167, in _try_open
    flags)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed')
libvirtError: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': Permission denied

Since the vmware virtual machine drivers are pretty standard I don't see any technical reason for a preinstalled image not to be portable.

Although the above situation is obvious, I didn't find any preinstalled vmware image for Ubuntu.

Is there a trusted free vmware image or an OVF image with Ubuntu preinstalled?

^{Note: OVF image works with most of the players!}

How do I install the qemu command?

I type qemu and press tab and I get a list of several binaries installed.

qemu-alpha
qemu-arm
...
qemu-x86_64

but no qemu.

I type man qemu and it returns the docs as if the command is already installed.

I type qemu to run the command but it doesn't exist?

No command 'qemu' found, did you mean:
 Command 'qtemu' from package 'qtemu' (universe)
 Command 'aqemu' from package 'aqemu' (universe)
qemu: command not found

But after installing sudo apt-get install qtemu aqemu I'm still unable to run qemu.

I'm just attempting to run the following command qemu -localtime -net user -net nic -m 256 -cdrom minix.iso -hda minix.img -boot d, for a minix tutorial.

Any help would be appreciated.

After activating full screen view for a virtual machine in virt-manager there is no obvious way to un-full screen. Any ideas?

Aka: How can I convert a .vdi or .vmdk to a real installation on a physical disk?

Is it possible/feasible to migrate a Virtual Machine installation of Ubuntu onto a physical machine? If possible, how difficult would this be to accomplish and what steps would i need to take to prepare for the migration.

I'd like to do some testing on a VM and if it works out migrate that system to physical hardware instead of reinstalling everything. Is this possible?