From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Budts Subject: could not open /dev/kvm Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:29:33 +0200 Message-ID: <4626638D.8080709@bsp.scarlet.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Hi, I'm running debian, installed kvm-18 from source, it installed fine... I have an intel s5000pal motherboard with dual core xeon 64bit, virtualization enabled in my bios. question 1 : is it normal i dont have this file : qemu-system-x86_64 , i only have the qemu file in my /bin kvm and kvm_intel load fine with modprobe without errors or info in dmesg. toranaga:/usr/src/kvm-18# lsmod Module Size Used by kvm_intel 19852 0 kvm 55128 1 kvm_intel I did the following : ./qemu-img create -f qcow2 /virtual/test/vtest.img 5G works out fine... ./qemu . -hda /virtual/test/vtest.img -cdrom /virtual/win_corp.iso -boot d -m 512 -no-acpi gives the following error : could not open /dev/kvm ... in /proc/misc I found kvm as well : 62 kvm but I dont have the /dev/kvm ... udev is installed though can someone push me in the right direction please ? :) thx ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/