From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: could not open /dev/kvm Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:09:36 +0300 Message-ID: <462707A0.40907@qumranet.com> References: <4626638D.8080709@bsp.scarlet.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Benjamin Budts Return-path: In-reply-to: <4626638D.8080709-FwLs51Cl57fY4EFHVxF16w@public.gmane.org> 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 Benjamin Budts wrote: > 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 ? :) > > Is udevd alive? What does 'pgrep udevd' show? Does udevtrigger help? -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/