emerge --info https://bpa.st/WE5S4 I am installing virt-manager and qemu on a fresh install and needed to emerge acct-group/libvirt separately as it was not identified as a dependency. Steps to recreate: 1. new headless amd64 openrc multilib install on 17.1 profile 2. emerge -uav app-emulation/qemu virt-manager dev-libs/libisoburn bridge-utils 3. usermod -aG kvm <user> 4. usermod -aG libvirt <user> usermod: group 'libvirt' does not exist 5. /etc/init.d/libvirtd start 6. virsh list error: failed to connect to the hypervisor error: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/virtqemud-sock': No such file or directory Steps to fix 1. emerge -av acct-group/libvirt 2. usermod -aG libvirt <user> 3. /etc/init.d/libvirtd restart 4. virsh list Id Name State --------------------
You need USE=policykit for it to pull it in.