Packages from "ppa:serge-hallyn/spice" have been installed on Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2. Bug with " -vga qxl" is still in place :-
root@NattyNarwhal:/usr/tmp# /usr/bin/kvm-spice -cpu host -enable-kvm -name VF14 -m 2048 \ > -drive file=/usr/tmp/disk.qcow2,if=virtio,media=disk,aio=native \ > -net nic,model=virtio -net user -localtime \ > -usb -vga qxl -device virtio-serial -chardev spicevmc,name=vdagent,id=vdagent > \ > -device virtserialport,chardev=vdagent,name=com.redhat.spice.0 \ > -spice port=5900,disable-ticketing do_spice_init: starting 0.8.0 spice_server_add_interface: SPICE_INTERFACE_KEYBOARD spice_server_add_interface: SPICE_INTERFACE_MOUSE spice_server_add_interface: SPICE_INTERFACE_QXL red_worker_main: begin kvm-spice: pci_add_option_rom: failed to find romfile "pxe-virtio.bin" handle_dev_destroy_surfaces: handle_dev_destroy_surfaces: handle_dev_input: start reds_handle_main_link: reds_show_new_channel: channel 1:0, connected successfully, over Non Secure link reds_main_handle_message: net test: invalid values, latency 0 roundtrip 9651. assuming highbandwidth reds_show_new_channel: channel 4:0, connected successfully, over Non Secure link red_dispatcher_set_cursor_peer: handle_dev_input: cursor connect reds_show_new_channel: channel 2:0, connected successfully, over Non Secure link red_dispatcher_set_peer: handle_dev_input: connect handle_new_display_channel: jpeg disabled handle_new_display_channel: zlib-over-glz disabled reds_show_new_channel: channel 3:0, connected successfully, over Non Secure link inputs_link: kvm-spice: /build/buildd/qemu-kvm-spice-0.14.0+noroms/qemu-kvm.c:1724: kvm_mutex_unlock: Assertion `!cpu_single_env' failed. Aborted This issue has been fixed on Fedora 15 on 03 /18/2001 . In meantime , view patches in qemu-0.14.0-7.fc14.src.rpm :- http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/jforbes/virt-preview/fedora-14/SRPMS/ . . . . . . . qemu-0.14.0-7.fc14.src.rpm 07-Apr-2011 21:46 5.1M . . . . . . . . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723871 Title: qemu-kvm-0.14.0 Aborts with -vga qxl Status in QEMU: Confirmed Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Host CPU is Core i7 Q820. KVM is from 2.6.35-gentoo-r5 kernel (x86_64). Host has spice-0.7.2 and spice-protocol-0.7.0. Guest is Windows XP SP3 with qxl driver 0.6.1, virtio-serial 1.1.6 and vdagent 0.6.3. qemu-kvm is started like so: qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu host -enable-kvm -pidfile /home/rick/qemu/hds/wxp.pid -drive file=/home/rick/qemu/hds/wxp.raw,if=virtio,media=disk,aio=native,snapshot=on -m 768 -name WinXP -net nic,model=virtio -net user -localtime -usb -vga qxl -device virtio-serial -chardev spicevmc,name=vdagent,id=vdagent -device virtserialport,chardev=vdagent,name=com.redhat.spice.0 -spice port=1234,disable-ticketing -monitor stdio and crashes with: qemu-system-x86_64: /home/rick/qemu/src/qemu-kvm-0.14.0/qemu-kvm.c:1724: kvm_mutex_unlock: Assertion `!cpu_single_env' failed. Aborted If I use -no-kvm, it works fine. If I use -vga std, it works fine. -enable-kvm and -vga qxl crashes.