Re: kvm core dumps at random

[Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

Andrew Henry wrote:
> I am getting core dumps when running kvm at various times.  I am trying
> to install WindowsXP as a guest and kvm core dumps at various times
> during install, so I have not been able to finish the install.
>
> HP Pavilion dv9297ea Intel Core2Duo 7200, 2GB RAM
>   

i386? x86_64?

> VT is enabled in the BIOS and kvm-intel module is loaded successfully
> Ubuntu Feisty Fawn beta 2.6.20-13
> kvm 0.9.0
>   

kvm versions are just integers, e.g. kvm-17, kvm-18.  please specify (or 
are you using the kvm binary provided by feisty?.

> Installing winxp pro as guest (no slipstreamed SP, just vanilla version)
>
> I am a member of kvm group but I still have to chmod 777 /dev/kvm to not
> get error about kvm not initialized.
>   

You need to chgrp /dev/kvm (or add a udev rule to do that for you).

> Starting newly created qemu image with:
>
> kvm -m 512 -cdrom /dev/cdrom /var/qemu-images/winXP.img
>
> -no-acpi has no affect on core dumping.
>
> I got almost all way through installation this morning, and it core
> dumped near the end: QEMU window disappears and I get lots of text in
> terminal which ends with (Core dump).  As it got so far, I can now start
> WinXP, but it is very slow, as if VT is not being used at all, but I get
> no errors when starting kvm.

Please post the text.  Also attach to the core file with gdb and post a 
backtrace.


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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


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