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Old 03-20-2011, 11:35 PM   #1
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Unhappy [Debian/Qemu/KVM] Why qemu --enable-kvm works but not kvm directly?


I'm running debian unstable with qemu (and qemu-kvm) 0.12.5+dfsg-3. I had been running a windows 7 64-bit virtual machine for a while and then noticed that I've always been running the vm with

Code:
  qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -m 1024 \
    --enable-kvm \
but qemu-kvm package says I should run "kvm" directly. But that didn't work for the vm (stuck in boot up). Does it mean that I was not using kvm at all? (My processor supports it, and qemu console command "info kvm" says "kvm support: enabled")

I'm actually quite happy with current setup of 0.12.5 but windows 7 64 bit doesn't support the sound card, and I've tried new 0.14.0 qemu, but I have the same problem of stucking boot screen...

Could this be a Windows problem instead? Anyone upgraded qemu and old windows 7 64-bit vm breaks?
 
Old 03-21-2011, 12:51 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by gb2312 View Post
but qemu-kvm package says I should run "kvm" directly
Can you post the exact message?
Did you load the kvm module prior to trying qemu-kvm?
 
Old 03-21-2011, 02:05 PM   #3
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I don't remember where I found the example, but "qemu-kvm" package does provide "kvm" command:
Code:
$ dpkg -L qemu-kvm
/.
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/kvm-img
/usr/bin/kvm-io
/usr/bin/kvm-nbd
/usr/bin/kvmtrace
/usr/bin/kvm
/usr/bin/kvmtrace_format
/usr/bin/kvm_stat
I did have kvm modules loaded (by /etc/init.d/qemu-kvm)
Code:
$ lsmod | grep kvm
kvm_intel              43515  3 
kvm                   255441  1 kvm_intel
Anyone experienced similar windows 7 64-bit bootup problem? I probably have to try a 32-bit one...
 
  


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