[Libguestfs] qemu: could not load kernel '/var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/kernel.6941': Permission denied

[Richard W.M. Jones]

I think this was your pastebin?
http://pastebin.com/LbNZPtya

libguestfs: trace: set_autosync true
libguestfs: trace: set_autosync = 0
libguestfs: trace: launch
qemu: could not load kernel '/var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/kernel.6941': Permission denied
libguestfs: trace: launch = -1 (error)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "get_result.py", line 3, in <module>
    guest_disk = DiskOperations("PYTI.vdi")
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyti/vmanager/diskhandler.py", line 20, in __init__
    self.disk_fs.launch() 
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/guestfs.py", line 188, in launch
    return libguestfsmod.launch (self._o)
RuntimeError: unexpected end of file when reading from daemon
libguestfs: trace: close

The problem is almost certainly this bug in Ubuntu:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/759725

Rich.

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