qemu-system-x86_64 broken on ubuntu 17.10
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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qemu (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have run a virtual machine over the past three years without problems, but the update to Ubuntu 17.10 broke it: the machine falls into an infinite boot loop.
$ qemu-system-x86_64 --version
QEMU emulator version 2.10.1(Debian 1:2.10+
$ sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -usb \
-chardev stdio,id=char0 \
-device usb-host,
-device usb-host,
-soundhw all \
-m 2048 -cpu core2duo -machine q35 \
-smp 2 \
-device usb-mouse \
-vga std \
-device isa-applesmc,
-smbios type=2 \
-device ide-drive,
-drive id=HDD,
-device ide-drive,
-drive id=ScrapHDD,
-netdev tap,id=
-device e1000,netdev=
$ uname -a
Linux behemoth 4.13.0-36-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 16 20:07:48 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 17.10
Release: 17.10
Codename: artful
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: qemu-kvm 1:2.10+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Mar 9 10:11:39 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-24 (1231 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
KvmCmdLine: COMMAND STAT EUID RUID PID PPID %CPU COMMAND
MachineType: ASUS All Series
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: qemu
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2018-03-08 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2501
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.family: ASUS MB
dmi.product.name: All Series
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS
Changed in qemu (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
I downgraded to qemu-system-x86 1:2.5+dfsg- 5ubuntu10 and my virtual machine is booting again.