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and subject line Bug#1095935: fixed in qemu 1:10.2.0+ds-2
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Package: qemu-system-x86
Version: 1:9.2.0+ds-5
Severity: normal
I recently upgraded qemu to this version (9.2.0+ds-5) and the console no longer
shows anything. I normally run qemu with libvirt and virt-manager.
To rule out upgraded libvirt, I tried launching qemu with similar options as
libvirt did and -display gtk. I still get the same blackscreen. Appears that
keyboard input works, when pressing enter, the vm starts booting and once the
video driver loads, I'm able to see text and graphics. This works for both
libvirt and standalone.
I tried to change from qxl-vga to VGA and cirrus-vga with the same results.
If I downgrade to 9.0.2+ds-7 it works as expected with both
libvirt/virt-manager and launching qemu directly.
The first version to cause this issue is 9.1.0+ds-2 (I could not find -1)
The system has been fully updated to latest sid as of 20250211 except for a
few python libraries and virt-manager.
This is an example of the command used to launch qemu standalone:
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
-name guest=box,debug-threads=on \
-S \
-machine pc-q35-7.2,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,acpi=on \
-accel kvm \
-cpu qemu64 \
-m size=4194304k \
-overcommit mem-lock=off \
-smp 2,sockets=1,dies=1,clusters=1,cores=2,threads=1 \
-uuid 538bc7fc-9a8f-40ec-884f-2a870e74478b \
-no-user-config \
-nodefaults \
-rtc base=utc \
-no-shutdown \
-boot menu=on,strict=on \
-device
'{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":16,"chassis":1,"id":"pci.1","bus":"pcie.0","multifunction":true,"addr":"0x2"}'
\
-device
'{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":17,"chassis":2,"id":"pci.2","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x2.0x1"}'
\
-device
'{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":18,"chassis":3,"id":"pci.3","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x2.0x2"}'
\
-device '{"driver":"qemu-xhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.1","addr":"0x0"}' \
-device '{"driver":"virtio-scsi-pci","id":"scsi0","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x4"}'
\
-device
'{"driver":"virtio-serial-pci","id":"virtio-serial0","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x7"}'
\
-blockdev
'{"driver":"file","filename":"/vm/box.qcow2","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap","cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false}}'
\
-blockdev
'{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"discard":"unmap","detect-zeroes":"unmap","cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-1-storage","backing":null}'
\
-device
'{"driver":"scsi-hd","bus":"scsi0.0","channel":0,"scsi-id":0,"lun":0,"device_id":"drive-scsi0-0-0-0","drive":"libvirt-1-format","id":"scsi0-0-0-0","bootindex":1,"write-cache":"on"}'
\
-device '{"driver":"usb-tablet","id":"input2","bus":"usb.0","port":"1"}' \
-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
-device
'{"driver":"qxl-vga","id":"video0","max_outputs":1,"ram_size":67108864,"vram_size":67108864,"vram64_size_mb":0,"vgamem_mb":16,"bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1"}'
\
-global ICH9-LPC.noreboot=off \
-watchdog-action reset \
-sandbox
on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
-msg timestamp=on \
-display gtk
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.8.2 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages qemu-system-x86 depends on:
ii ipxe-qemu 1.21.1+git20220113.fbbdc3926+dfsg-4
ii libaio1t64 0.3.113-8+b1
ii libbpf1 1:1.5.0-2
ii libc6 2.40-6
ii libcapstone5 5.0.5-1+b1
ii libfdt1 1.7.2-2+b1
ii libfuse3-3 3.14.0-10
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.83.3-2
ii libgmp10 2:6.3.0+dfsg-3
ii libgnutls30t64 3.8.9-2
ii libhogweed6t64 3.10-1+b1
ii libibverbs1 56.0-1
ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:2.1.5-3+b1
ii libnettle8t64 3.10-1+b1
ii libnuma1 2.0.18-1+b1
ii libpixman-1-0 0.44.0-3
ii libpmem1 1.13.1-1.1+b1
ii libpng16-16t64 1.6.46-4
ii librdmacm1t64 56.0-1
ii libsasl2-2 2.1.28+dfsg1-8+b1
ii libseccomp2 2.5.5-2
ii libslirp0 4.8.0-1+b1
ii libudev1 257.2-3
ii liburing2 2.9-1
ii libvdeplug2t64 4.0.1-5.1+b1
ii libzstd1 1.5.6+dfsg-2
ii qemu-system-common 1:9.2.0+ds-5
ii qemu-system-data 1:9.2.0+ds-5
ii seabios 1.16.3-2
ii zlib1g 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1
Versions of packages qemu-system-x86 recommends:
ii ovmf 2024.11-5
pn qemu-block-extra <none>
ii qemu-system-gui 1:9.2.0+ds-5
ii qemu-system-modules-opengl 1:9.2.0+ds-5
ii qemu-system-modules-spice 1:9.2.0+ds-5
ii qemu-utils 1:9.2.0+ds-5
Versions of packages qemu-system-x86 suggests:
pn samba <none>
pn vde2 <none>
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: qemu
Source-Version: 1:10.2.0+ds-2
Done: Michael Tokarev <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
qemu, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Michael Tokarev <[email protected]> (supplier of updated qemu package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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administrators by mailing [email protected])
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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:22:29 +0300
Source: qemu
Architecture: source
Version: 1:10.2.0+ds-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Michael Tokarev <[email protected]>
Closes: 1095935 1125423
Changes:
qemu (1:10.2.0+ds-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* two patches to make statically-linked linux-user not depend on nss
(remove linkage to qemu-sockets.c)
* 1095935.patch (Closes: #1095935)
* d/control: qemu-user: mention possibility to sym-link files in
/usr/share/qemu/binfmt.d/ to /etc/binfmt.d/
* d/rules: remove workaround for #1019011 for palcode-clipper -
the bug in gcc has been fixed (in 2022)
* d/control: better versioned dependencies of qemu modules: use
qemu-system-common as a syncronisation point instead of qemu-system-any
(Closes: LP#2127053)
* d/control: finally de-couple qemu-system-riscv and qemu-system-s390x
from qemu-system-misc (remove misc:Depends: riscv, s390x)
* fix-PIRQ-bounds-check-in-xen_physdev_map_pirq-CVE-2026-0665.patch
(Closes: #1125423, CVE-2026-0665)
* d/copyright: fix Files/License sections
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