Latest upstream qemu.git still reproduces this, so marking it as affecting QEMU.
** Also affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079713 Title: failed to set sndbuf on VMs network interface Status in QEMU: New Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am trying to set "sndbuf" for a VMs network device to "0". I inserted to my XML file: <tune> <sndbuf>0</sndbuf> </tune> The XML file validates, but I am not able to start the virtual machine. # virsh edit vm3 <domain type='kvm'> <name>vm3</name> <uuid><HIDDEN></uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>524288</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>524288</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-1.2'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='<HIDDEN>'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='<HIDDEN>'/> <source bridge='br2'/> <model type='virtio'/> <tune> <sndbuf>0</sndbuf> </tune> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/> <sound model='ich6'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </sound> <video> <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain> Domain vm3 XML configuration edited. # LANG=en_US.utf-8 virsh start vm3 error: Failed to start domain vm3 error: internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/4 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1079713/+subscriptions