kvm-18

[Eildert Groeneveld <eg-dxCdbQ03lbiELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>]

Hello Folks
I am trying to get kvm going on my bleeding edge kubuntu system (feisty).

the normal apt-get install kvm does not work as the 2.6.20 kernel is missing
kvm-api-9 

So I grabbed kvm-18 source from sourceforge together with the kernel 
2.6.21-rc6

make etc works

but when starting kvm or qemu I get
g@eno:~/kvm$ /usr/local/bin/qemu . -no-acpi -hda winxp.img  -cdrom 
winxp.iso  -boot d -m 512
kvm kernel version too old
Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support

I somehow did manage to get the isntallation process going. However it seems 
that it is so slow that it is basically not operational. Also, the 
installation never really finished.


Question:
1. how do I know when kvm is using hardware virtualization (the only useful 
operational mode?)
2. how can I get kvm going given my setup?
   I tried kvm-16 on the 2.6.20-14 kernel. that compiled and installed ok
   Upon starting qemu no complaints about version being too old but it was
   slooooow (this is dual core 1.66GHz)

greetings

Eildert
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