I’m not sure where I went wrong. I followed the instructions on the kvm page for installing and running Whonix via kvm/libvirt. I get them running just fine but only as root. If I start up virt-manager as user, it is empty and I cannot add/see any vms but if I start it as root/superuser then whonix gateway and workstation show up and work fine.
I added a kvm and libvirt group and added myself to them but still no show as user. How do I fix this?
Let me know which OS you are running as your Host.
Be aware that certain operating systems, such as Gentoo Hardened, only permit viewing, modifying, or running virt-maanger/KVM Guests as root. There is nothing inherently wrong, or dangerous about this. After all, the default KVM image directory is at: /var/lib/libvirt/images, which, of course, is a root owned directory.
Other OSes, like Fed 22, are more relaxed, and allow virt-manager to be run by normal users.