1. Trying to break it: Installed the SLES-11-SP1 with the parameters for SLES-10 causing it to use IDE disk instead of virtio. Runs fine though, IDE seems not to be the problem.
2. Trying to fix it: Compiled from the sources: commit da5361cc685c004d8bb4e7c5e7b3a52c7aca2c56 Mon Dec 12 17:21:34 2011 +0100 Had to copy the executable to /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 moving aside the original first. Libvirt would not pick it up from a soft link, apparently failing in trying to auto-sense the version. Strange but inconsequential for the issue at hand. Crashes nicely now: 2011-12-14 06:34:29.783: starting up LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.14 -enable-kvm -m 1024 -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -name chamae -uuid bda73a8f-37fc-e671-235e-67afa23de4fd -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/chamae.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline -rtc base=utc -boot c -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/chamae.img,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 -drive if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev tap,fd=19,id=hostnet0 -device rtl8139,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:81:b8:be,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -vga cirrus -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 char device redirected to /dev/pts/2 KVM internal error. Suberror: 1 emulation failure EAX=00000010 EBX=0004e090 ECX=00063f00 EDX=00002cb6 ESI=00000052 EDI=0002ce88 EBP=00001ff0 ESP=00001fd8 EIP=00001879 EFL=00000002 [-------] CPL=0 II=0 A20=1 SMM=0 HLT=0 ES =0008 00000000 ffffffff 00809300 DPL=0 DS16 [-WA] CS =3c16 0003c160 0000ffff 00009b00 DPL=0 CS16 [-RA] SS =0000 00000000 0000ffff 00009300 DPL=0 DS16 [-WA] DS =3c16 0003c160 0000ffff 00009300 DPL=0 DS16 [-WA] FS =0000 00000000 0000ffff 00009300 DPL=0 DS16 [-WA] GS =0000 00000000 0000ffff 00009300 DPL=0 DS16 [-WA] LDT=0000 00000000 0000ffff 00008200 DPL=0 LDT TR =0000 00000000 0000ffff 00008b00 DPL=0 TSS32-busy GDT= 0003c740 0000000f IDT= 00000000 000003ff CR0=00000011 CR2=00000000 CR3=00000000 CR4=00000000 DR0=0000000000000000 DR1=0000000000000000 DR2=0000000000000000 DR3=0000000000000000 DR6=00000000ffff0ff0 DR7=0000000000000400 EFER=0000000000000000 Code=06 6a 08 0f a1 eb 0b f6 06 f2 05 08 74 04 6a 08 0f a9 24 fe <0f> 22 c0 a0 f2 05 08 06 f1 05 66 58 c3 c6 06 f1 05 00 fb c3 66 50 e8 af 03 5e 0f a1 b0 00 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882997 Title: 64-bit linux guests fail to start on oneiric running 3.0 kernel Status in QEMU: New Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Host: Ubuntu 11.10 kernel vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic or vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-server on AMD Athlon(tm) II P360 Dual-Core Guests: SLES 10 or 11, all 64 bit 32 bit windows guest starts fine. All 64 bit linux guests loop during boot, when GRUB is starting. VMs are managed using libvirt 0.9.2-4ubuntu15 and virt-manager 0.9.0. Log file shows: KVM internal error. Suberror: 1 emulation failure repeated for each GRUB attempt. Starting the same host with vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic makes all VMs run OK. --- ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) KvmCmdLine: UID PID PPID C SZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD 113 3739 1 15 573004 24800 1 16:51 ? 00:00:06 /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.14 -cpu qemu64,+wdt,+skinit,+osvw,+3dnowprefetch,+sse4a,+abm,+cr8legacy,+extapic,+cmp_legacy,+lahf_lm,+rdtscp,+pdpe1gb,+popcnt,+cx16,+ht,+vme -enable-nesting -enable-kvm -m 2048 -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -name gasse -uuid 7cb0c88c-db14-b3f0-6696-4bd717165b9a -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/gasse.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline -rtc base=utc -no-acpi -boot order=c,menu=on -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/gasse-0.img,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 -drive if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev tap,fd=19,id=hostnet0 -device rtl8139,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:c6:f5:b4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -vga cirrus -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP 625 NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx Package: qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-server root=UUID=338f05b6-6307-4f1a-a8b6-9b12a0edc5ee ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-server 3.0.6 Tags: oneiric running-unity Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-server x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-18 (35 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout kvm libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68DVA Ver. F.06 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1475 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 72.0E dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU1060YXZ dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DVAVer.F.06:bd12/07/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP625:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1475:rvrKBCVersion72.0E:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP 625 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard --- ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) KvmCmdLine: UID PID PPID C SZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD 113 3976 1 15 573004 25340 0 15:04 ? 00:00:04 /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.14 -cpu qemu64,+wdt,+skinit,+osvw,+3dnowprefetch,+sse4a,+abm,+cr8legacy,+extapic,+cmp_legacy,+lahf_lm,+rdtscp,+pdpe1gb,+popcnt,+cx16,+ht,+vme -enable-nesting -enable-kvm -m 2048 -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -name gasse -uuid 7cb0c88c-db14-b3f0-6696-4bd717165b9a -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/gasse.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline -rtc base=utc -no-acpi -boot order=c,menu=on -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/gasse-0.img,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 -drive if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev tap,fd=19,id=hostnet0 -device rtl8139,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:c6:f5:b4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -vga cirrus -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP 625 NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx Package: qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-server root=UUID=338f05b6-6307-4f1a-a8b6-9b12a0edc5ee ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-server 3.0.9 Tags: oneiric running-unity Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-server x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-18 (56 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout kvm libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68DVA Ver. F.06 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1475 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 72.0E dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU1060YXZ dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DVAVer.F.06:bd12/07/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP625:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1475:rvrKBCVersion72.0E:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP 625 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/882997/+subscriptions
