That "Debian 8.5 (64bit).vmdk" also works fine with the qemu-img from upstream master branch ==> I'm closing this ticket now for upstream, too.
** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905095 Title: qemu-img can't convert vmdk file: Operation not permitted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/905095/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs