ubuntu Gutsy i386 crashes to busybox in Qemu

[Jean-Paul]

I have Qemu and kvm installed, and when I try to boot a virtual Gutsy i386 (live disc) in Qemu on my host OS (also Gutsy i386), the virtual Gutsy crashes to BusyBox.

If you need more info, please let me know.

[jcfp (jcfp)]

Please try if the instruction given at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/120316/comments/6 will allow gutsy to boot in qemu. Type the modprobe and exit commands mentioned at the busybox/initramfs prompt.

[Jean-Paul (jeanpaul145)]

I did that, and it did continue to load for a while, but then somewhere in the process, the display server crashes 6 times in 1,5 minutes or so.
After those crashes it tries to restart the display server, which crashes again etc etc.

[Jean-Paul (jeanpaul145)]

The crash I mentioned in my previous post only occurs when I use the "standard VGA card with Boch extentions" as video card.
I've switched to the "Cirrus Logic GD 5546 PCI VGA Card" and now Gutsy boots just fine.

[jcfp (jcfp)]

Thank you for your quick response. Based on those results, this bug is a duplicate of bug #120316.

Regarding the vga issue: if you consider it a bug, please file a separate report for it.

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

IMHO the following bugs might be related :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-jeos/+bug/163113
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/163140
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/120316
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/33269