running kvm with a 2.6.22 kernel

djgerbavore · 07-29-2007, 07:18 PM

Hello,

I'm try to get kvm (kernel virtual machine) to run with the following commands:

Code:

stralko@magnum_pi /mnt/kvm $ sudo \
/usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
-hda win32xp.img \
-cdrom /mnt/kvm/slackware-11.0-install-d1.iso \
-boot d -m 512
Could not initialize SDL - exiting

I have sdl libraries installed (version libsdl-1.2.11-r2). I'm currently running Gentoo:

Code:

stralko@magnum_pi /mnt/kvm $ emerge -pv libsdl

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-libs/libsdl-1.2.11-r2  USE="X alsa oss -aalib -arts -dga -directfb -esd -fbcon -ggi -libcaca -nas -noaudio -noflagstrip -nojoystick -novideo -opengl (-svga) -xinerama -xv" 0 kB 

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB

I'm using the nvidia drivers from the nvidia site and its loaded correctly.

Code:

stralko@magnum_pi /mnt/kvm $ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
kvm_intel              22620  0 
kvm                    66256  1 kvm_intel
snd_emu10k1           131616  1 
snd_rawmidi            23072  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec        109784  1 snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus                4864  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                76296  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device          8336  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer              22024  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         10000  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem            6144  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep              10248  1 snd_emu10k1
snd                    52840  9 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
nvidia               5425812  12 
i2c_core               23744  1 nvidia

I've tried to search google but it wasn't helpful. I'm alittle lost were to look. i'm not sure if a kvm problem or a SDL problem. Let me know if you need any other information.

Thanks,

djgerbavor3

djgerbavore · 07-31-2007, 09:33 PM

okay i got it working...when i do:

Code:

stralko@magnum_pi /usr/src/kvm-33 $ su -
Password: 
magnum_pi ~ # /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -hda /mnt/kvm/win32xp.img \
> -cdrom /mnt/kvm/win32xp.iso -boot d -m 512

it works, strange that when i log in as a normal user and try to sudo it doesn't work..maybe a permission issue with SDL itself?

Anyways, KVM is FAST. I can't believe how fast it is...compared to Vmware. *Plus* its in mainline so every kernel upgrade kvm will work out of the box

i been waiting a long time for this.

Thanks,

djgerbavore