>> libvirt expects the QEMU binaries in /usr/bin. e.g. it explicitly >> checks for /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64. Try symlinking >> /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 to /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64. >> > > That's not enough. I have a locally-built qemu-system-x86_64 installed in > /usr/bin, and the only way I could get it to work properly was copy > /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 to /usr/bin/qemu-kvm (a symlink would likely do > the job just as well). There is a bit of code just doesn't happen unless > /usr/bin/qemu-kvm or /usr/bin/kvm exist and are executable, although I have > to say that once I solved my own problem by making a copy of the file with > the proper name, I stopped trying to understood exactly what was happening > in that code :-) That's insane, but it solved the problem. I created a symlink in /usr/bin to /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64, and everything works perfectly now. FWIW, I didn't need /usr/bin/qemu or /usr/bin/qemu-kvm either. Thanks for the advice. -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list