Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-08-09 Thread Michael Tokarev
tags 683096 = confirmed retitle 683096 no grub menu before boot with in-kernel irqchip thanks On 09.08.2012 08:44, Jamie Heilman wrote: Michael Tokarev wrote: tags 683096 + moreinfo unreproducible thanks Guys, can you please provide the complete qemu-kvm command line which you use to start

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-08-08 Thread Michael Tokarev
tags 683096 + moreinfo unreproducible thanks Guys, can you please provide the complete qemu-kvm command line which you use to start the guest? So far I can't reproduce the issue and I think I'm missing some options which you're using. Meanwhile I'm tagging this bug as unreproducible. Thanks!

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-08-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 10:46:26PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote: Guys, can you please provide the complete qemu-kvm command line which you use to start the guest? How do I get that out of libvirt/virt-manager? Greetings Marc --

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-08-08 Thread Jamie Heilman
Michael Tokarev wrote: tags 683096 + moreinfo unreproducible thanks Guys, can you please provide the complete qemu-kvm command line which you use to start the guest? So far I can't reproduce the issue and I think I'm missing some options which you're using. kvm -name bunk -m 768 \

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-08-08 Thread Jamie Heilman
Marc Haber wrote: On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 10:46:26PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote: Guys, can you please provide the complete qemu-kvm command line which you use to start the guest? How do I get that out of libvirt/virt-manager? try ps ww -C kvm -- Jamie Heilman

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-07-31 Thread Jamie Heilman
Marc Haber wrote: Is there a fix on the way, or is KVM upstream still debating with the kernel developers about who is at fault here? No fix on the way, this bug will need to be upstreamed. There's been no discussion about it on the list at all yet. -- Jamie Heilman

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-07-30 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 04:28:25PM +, Jamie Heilman wrote: Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 09:12:26AM +, Jamie Heilman wrote: Marc, you'll want to review the above mentioned bugs and verify that your config matches; iow, that you're using a virtio-blk boot device. I

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-07-29 Thread Jamie Heilman
I suspect this is very much related to 680719 (upstream 1021649). If you disable the in-kernel irqchip, I bet you'll get your grub menu back. I experimented some with my guests that use -display sdl and the difference is quite noticable. For example, with an ubuntu server instance that has a

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-07-29 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 09:12:26AM +, Jamie Heilman wrote: Marc, you'll want to review the above mentioned bugs and verify that your config matches; iow, that you're using a virtio-blk boot device. I am using a virtio-blk boot device, yes. Does current libvirt offer a possibility to set

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-07-29 Thread Jamie Heilman
Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 09:12:26AM +, Jamie Heilman wrote: Marc, you'll want to review the above mentioned bugs and verify that your config matches; iow, that you're using a virtio-blk boot device. I am using a virtio-blk boot device, yes. Does current libvirt

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-07-29 Thread Jamie Heilman
Jamie Heilman wrote: Marc, you'll want to review the above mentioned bugs and verify that your config matches; iow, that you're using a virtio-blk boot device. Actually, I can reproduce this on guests without any virtio devices present, the in-kernel irqchip implementation itself appears to be

Bug#683096: no grub menu before boot

2012-07-28 Thread Marc Haber
Package: qemu-kvm Version: 1.1.0+dfsg-3 Severity: normal Booting a Linux VM inside KVM (using virt-manager, libvirt, qemu-kvm 1.1.0 from unstable) does not show the grub boot menu at all. It just immediatly boots and runs fine then. Downgrading qemu-kvm fo 1.0+dfsg-11 from testing made the