Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. Could you tell us the full command+arguments you used to try to start the VM?
I'm going to mark this as against qemu-user, as qemu-kvm does not provide powerpc emulator. ** Package changed: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) => qemu-linaro (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu-kvm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880996 Title: QEMU fails to boot PowerPC emulator To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-linaro/+bug/880996/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs