[ kvm-Bugs-1629495 ] QEMU / KVM incompatibility

[ kvm-Bugs-1629495 ] QEMU / KVM incompatibility

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Bugs item #1629495, was opened at 2007-01-06 18:59
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: shutdown2k (shutdown2k)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: QEMU / KVM incompatibility

Initial Comment:
System:
Debian Etch RC3, Kernel 2.6.20-rc3
AMD Athlon X2
External KVM Modules (up2date svn version)

Problem:
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 384 -no-acpi -L ./bios -std-vga -soundhw es1370 -localtime -hda ./vdisk_xp.img -boot c

QEMU window shows up very for a very short time and terminates within less than a second.
The only message I get is: "vga_bios_size 0"

I am using the VGA BIOS from http://www.nongnu.org/vgabios/ version 0.6a.

There are 2 workarounds that work for me:
1. Disable KVM:
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 384 -no-acpi -L ./bios -std-vga -soundhw es1370 -localtime -hda ./vdisk_xp.img -boot c -no-kvm
Don't like it because this virtual machine 's gonna be really sloooooow and actually renders the Pacifica instructions of my CPU useless.
"vga_bios_size 0" is also reported when starting it that way.

2. Disable VESA graphics:
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 384 -no-acpi -L ./bios -soundhw es1370 -localtime -hda ./vdisk_xp.img -boot c
Don't like this because graphics will be somewhat limited in the virtual machine...
This solution doesn't report "vga_bios_size 0", so I guess this message is related to -std-vga and is not responsible for my problem at all.

So it would be great if you could figure out what's wrong and fix it.

You guys are doing a really great job, I enjoy using the Pacifica instructions of my CPU a lot :)

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