** Description changed: + [Impact] + + * Upstream [1] added a mistake missing an else downgrading + cirrus to vga. + + * Fixed in [2] and released in 1.14 but needs to be backported to + Focal. + + [1]: https://github.com/coreboot/seabios/commit/34b6ecc160749a691b80fcb8638216518d971c65 + [2]: https://github.com/coreboot/seabios/commit/d11c75185276ded944f2ea0277532b7fee849bbc + + [Test Case] + + * Get an Ubuntu CD image and boot it with Cirrus video. + + $ wget https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/ubuntu-releases/20.04/ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso + $ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 2048 -smp 1 -vnc 0.0.0.0:1 -k fr -name test-boot -monitor pty -boot order=d -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso,media=cdrom -device cirrus-vga,id=video0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 + + Once that is running you can connect VNC to :5901 and with the error will see a fail loop stating: + graphics initialization failed + Error setting up gfxboot + boot: + Could not allocate memory. + + With the fix this will boot into the installer of the ISO. + + [Where problems could occur] + + * This changes the listing of (virtual) GPUs to the guest. + There it differs between Cirrus/VGA/stdvga/bochs. + Therefore using those backends are the ones we'd expect errors. + On testing no issue was seen thou, and the code is in Ubuntu since + groovy without breaking the world all around. + + [Other Info] + + * Depending where/how you drive your VMs the actual bug might be well + hidden and it just appears as a hanging or not starting boot. + + ---- + Hello. I can't boot ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso with VNC graphic using libvirt, there is an error message: - graphics initialization failed - Error setting up gfxboot - boot: + graphics initialization failed + Error setting up gfxboot + boot: after a moment, I see some other messages: - - graphics initialization failed - Error setting up gfxboot - boot: - Could not allocate memory. - boot - Could not allocate memory. - boot - Could not allocate memory. - boot + graphics initialization failed + Error setting up gfxboot + boot: + Could not allocate memory. + boot + Could not allocate memory. + boot + Could not allocate memory. + boot To reproduce: - download ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso to - /var/lib/libvirt/images + /var/lib/libvirt/images - create a qcow2 image /var/lib/libvirt/images/disk0.qcow2 - create the following libvirt XML definition file <domain type='kvm' xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'> - <name>ubuntu-server-20.04.1</name> - <title>ubuntu-server-20.04.1</title> - <vcpu><![CDATA[4]]></vcpu> - <cputune> - <shares>205</shares> - </cputune> - <memory>2097152</memory> - <os> - <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type> - </os> - <devices> - <emulator><![CDATA[/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64]]></emulator> - <disk type='file' device='disk'> - <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/disk0.qcow2'/> - <target dev='sda'/> - <boot order='1'/> - <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/> - <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> - </disk> - <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> - <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso'/> - <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> - <boot order='2'/> - <readonly/> - <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/> - </disk> - <graphics type='vnc' listen='0.0.0.0' port='5901' keymap='fr'/> - <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/> - </devices> - <features> - <acpi/> - </features> + <name>ubuntu-server-20.04.1</name> + <title>ubuntu-server-20.04.1</title> + <vcpu><![CDATA[4]]></vcpu> + <cputune> + <shares>205</shares> + </cputune> + <memory>2097152</memory> + <os> + <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type> + </os> + <devices> + <emulator><![CDATA[/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64]]></emulator> + <disk type='file' device='disk'> + <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/disk0.qcow2'/> + <target dev='sda'/> + <boot order='1'/> + <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/> + <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> + </disk> + <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> + <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso'/> + <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> + <boot order='2'/> + <readonly/> + <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/> + </disk> + <graphics type='vnc' listen='0.0.0.0' port='5901' keymap='fr'/> + <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/> + </devices> + <features> + <acpi/> + </features> </domain> - define the domaine with: virsh define ubuntu-server.xml - start the domain with: virsh start ubuntu-server-20.04.1 - connect to the VNC port 5901 It's working fine when I try the following: - qemu-system-x86_64 -m 2048 -smp 1 -vnc 0.0.0.0:1 -k fr -name test-boot + qemu-system-x86_64 -m 2048 -smp 1 -vnc 0.0.0.0:1 -k fr -name test-boot -monitor pty -boot order=d -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/disk0.qcow2,media=disk -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server- amd64.iso,media=cdrom - The non working qemu command line used by libvirt is: - /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name guest=ubuntu-server-20.04.1,debug-threads=on -S -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-7-ubuntu-server-20.04./master-key.aes -machine pc-i440fx-focal,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off -cpu qemu64 -m 2048 -overcommit mem-lock=off -smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 503e911c-f7a5-48ef-8241-36bdbc75b9a3 -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=31,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -no-acpi -boot strict=on -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -device lsi,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -blockdev {"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/images/disk0.qcow2","node-name":"libvirt-2-storage","cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"} -blockdev {"node-name":"libvirt-2-format","read-only":false,"cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-2-storage","backing":null} -device scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,scsi-id=0,device_id=drive-scsi0-0-0,drive=libvirt-2-format,id=scsi0-0-0,bootindex=1,write-cache=on -blockdev {"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/images/ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"} -blockdev {"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":true,"cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"} -device ide-cd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=libvirt-1-format,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=2,write-cache=on -vnc 0.0.0.0:1 -k fr -device cirrus-vga,id=video0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny -msg timestamp=on - --- + /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name guest=ubuntu-server-20.04.1,debug-threads=on -S -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-7-ubuntu-server-20.04./master-key.aes -machine pc-i440fx-focal,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off -cpu qemu64 -m 2048 -overcommit mem-lock=off -smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 503e911c-f7a5-48ef-8241-36bdbc75b9a3 -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=31,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -no-acpi -boot strict=on -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -device lsi,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -blockdev {"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/images/disk0.qcow2","node-name":"libvirt-2-storage","cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"} -blockdev {"node-name":"libvirt-2-format","read-only":false,"cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-2-storage","backing":null} -device scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,scsi-id=0,device_id=drive-scsi0-0-0,drive=libvirt-2-format,id=scsi0-0-0,bootindex=1,write-cache=on -blockdev {"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/images/ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"} -blockdev {"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":true,"cache":{"direct":true,"no-flush":false},"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"} -device ide-cd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=libvirt-1-format,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=2,write-cache=on -vnc 0.0.0.0:1 -k fr -device cirrus-vga,id=video0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny -msg timestamp=on + --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: libvirt-daemon-system 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-58-generic root=/dev/mapper/vggrichka-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcEnviron: - 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