um. Can't you just take approach used in Debian, namely, to provide the sources for the bios files and compile them at build time? That is somewhat ugly, but at least it works...
-- kvm with -vga std is broken since karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513273 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Invalid Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “seabios” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “vgabios” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “qemu-kvm” source package in Lucid: Invalid Status in “seabios” source package in Lucid: Invalid Status in “vgabios” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: qemu-kvm it works with -vga cirrus, with -vga std I got: BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters And driver do not work properly (I can not set screen resolution) ... virtual machine almost works, only screen problem in winxp guest ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 27 15:15:49 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 KvmCmdLine: Error: command ['ps', '-C', 'kvm', '-F'] failed with exit code 1: UID PID PPID C SZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD MachineType: Acer Aspire 9300 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: qemu-kvm 0.12.2-0ubuntu1 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-11-generic root=UUID=793246ac-c5ff-421b-a508-052d57cca90c ro rootfstype=ext4 quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=it_IT.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, user) LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-11.15-generic SourcePackage: qemu-kvm Uname: Linux 2.6.32-11-generic x86_64 dmi.bios.date: 12/13/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: V1.14 dmi.board.name: Myallm dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: Rev dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.14:bd12/13/2006:svnAcer:pnAspire9300:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnMyallm:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Aspire 9300 dmi.product.version: 0100 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer