Yes I did. I also tried running as root and still received the same error.

Try running, modified of course, the script below... maybe aqemu is just bugging out? Other than loading the kernel module... not sure what else would give that error.. esp as root so thinking it is just a catch all message for something in aqemu.

export QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl
export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa
qemu-kvm --enable-kvm -localtime -m 2G -sdl -display sdl -vga vmware -usbdevice tablet -smp 2 -net nic,model=virtio -net user -drive file=VirtualDrives/slackware64-14.1-ansaldo.img,cache=none,if=ide &

#-cdrom VirtualDrives/slackware64-14.1-install-dvd.iso

Try this

On this machine to use kvm is required membership in "kvm" group!

Enjoy

I checked using getent group, and I don't see a kvm group. Would I just create it?

odd.. mine is just this;

crw-rw---- 1 root users 10, 232 Jun 6 10:09 /dev/kvm


no kvm group, but works fine.

Ah, then perhaps this will help.

crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 232 Jun 6 09:26 /dev/kvm

Did you install qemu with the slackbuilds.org script? It has some bits aobut the udev rules that should have setup these permissions properly on your system.

so it seems you haven't installed qemu from SlackBuilds.org (the recommended way)

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/system/qemu/

there an udev rule is attached that lets you specify which group you want the /dev/kvm device to be associated (see the README).

EDIT: WhiteWolf beated me by seconds

Good. So I would just recompile it and reinstall the package, correct?

- first you have to read the README and the *.info of the SlackBuilds.org's SlackBuild script;

- then you decide if you want to change anything form the default (if not necessary stick with the default);

- as last step, you build the qemu package using that script (and eventual dependencies) following the HOWTO and use "upgradepkg --install-new" to update the one you have already installed.

In this specific case you will have also to reboot (restarting udev is not recommended).

In the readme, it has several things you can enable when running the compile-
TARGETS=all ./qemu.SlackBuild

VNC_ENABLE=yes ./qemu.SlackBuild

KVMGROUP=group ./qemu.SlackBuild

Would I run one at a time and upgrade the package after?

no, the options (variables that you pass to the bash script) must be specified all together, but just if you need them: I usually specify only VNC_ENABLE=yes because I use the vnc display (sometimes), I don't need all targets (x86, x86_64 and arm are enough for me) and the default group "users" it's what I want.
as I said, if you don't understand/need the options, stick with the default.

I just removed it and started over. Modified the source to include the options. That worked.