Been testing further. Based on errors relating to apparmor tried complain mode for libvirtd followed by reboot and completely disabling apparmor. However no difference and these messages are still in the logs.
Seeing this error in the log: Unable to open /dev/kvm: Permission denied CODE_FILE ../../../src/util/virhostcpu.c CODE_FUNC virHostCPUGetTscInfo CODE_LINE 1338 LIBVIRT_CODE 38 LIBVIRT_DOMAIN 0 LIBVIRT_SOURCE util.error PRIORITY 3 SYSLOG_FACILITY 24 _AUDIT_LOGINUID 1000 _AUDIT_SESSION 2 _BOOT_ID 8298d387029b4a00ab2c4ff8889ee65e _CAP_EFFECTIVE 0 _CMDLINE /usr/sbin/libvirtd --timeout=120 _COMM libvirtd _EXE /usr/sbin/libvirtd _GID 1000 _HOSTNAME pdukvm02 _MACHINE_ID b8db10128faf4d6bb85f42a6bf07a3b8 _PID 1337 _SELINUX_CONTEXT unconfined _SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP 1597131226041764 _SYSTEMD_CGROUP /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/dbus.service _SYSTEMD_INVOCATION_ID 8bd95fa9bc554d5587ed2f307645b7f0 _SYSTEMD_OWNER_UID 1000 _SYSTEMD_SLICE user-1000.slice _SYSTEMD_UNIT user@1000.service _SYSTEMD_USER_SLICE -.slice _SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT dbus.service _TRANSPORT journal _UID 1000 __CURSOR s=7a07741964f14008b73e6164241c5bad;i=3c21;b=8298d387029b4a00ab2c4ff8889ee65e;m=17975743;t=5ac9517634db1;x=72d57812f6b29d92 __MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP 395794243 __REALTIME_TIMESTAMP 1597131226041777 Preceded by: Failed to read AppArmor profiles list '/sys/kernel/security/apparmor/profiles': Permission denied CODE_FILE ../../../src/security/security_apparmor.c CODE_FUNC profile_status CODE_LINE 87 LIBVIRT_CODE 38 LIBVIRT_DOMAIN 24 LIBVIRT_SOURCE util.error PRIORITY 3 SYSLOG_FACILITY 24 _AUDIT_LOGINUID 1000 _AUDIT_SESSION 2 _BOOT_ID 8298d387029b4a00ab2c4ff8889ee65e _CAP_EFFECTIVE 0 _CMDLINE /usr/sbin/libvirtd --timeout=120 _COMM libvirtd _EXE /usr/sbin/libvirtd _GID 1000 _HOSTNAME pdukvm02 _MACHINE_ID b8db10128faf4d6bb85f42a6bf07a3b8 _PID 1337 _SELINUX_CONTEXT unconfined _SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP 1597131226002371 _SYSTEMD_CGROUP /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/dbus.service _SYSTEMD_INVOCATION_ID 8bd95fa9bc554d5587ed2f307645b7f0 _SYSTEMD_OWNER_UID 1000 _SYSTEMD_SLICE user-1000.slice _SYSTEMD_UNIT user@1000.service _SYSTEMD_USER_SLICE -.slice _SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT dbus.service _TRANSPORT journal _UID 1000 __CURSOR s=7a07741964f14008b73e6164241c5bad;i=3c20;b=8298d387029b4a00ab2c4ff8889ee65e;m=1796c0aa;t=5ac951762b718;x=9fc636c6f52c48c2 __MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP 395755690 __REALTIME_TIMESTAMP 1597131226003224 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1891092 Title: Fresh install of cockpit on 20.04 after patching can no longer manage virtual machines To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cockpit/+bug/1891092/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs