QEMU Crashes on Launch, Windows

[Russell Morris]

Hi,

I an having no issues up to (and including) v5.0.0-rc0, but when I move to rc1 ... it won't even execute in Windows. If I just try to, for example, run

qemu-system-x86_64.exe --version

No output, it just exits. This seems to be new with this version.

Thanks!

[Howard Spoelstra (cat-7)]

On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 3:38 PM Russell Morris <email address hidden> wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> Hi,
>
> I an having no issues up to (and including) v5.0.0-rc0, but when I move
> to rc1 ... it won't even execute in Windows. If I just try to, for
> example, run
>
> qemu-system-x86_64.exe --version
>
> No output, it just exits. This seems to be new with this version.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ** Affects: qemu
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> --
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1870911
>
> Title:
> QEMU Crashes on Launch, Windows
>
> Status in QEMU:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
>
> I an having no issues up to (and including) v5.0.0-rc0, but when I
> move to rc1 ... it won't even execute in Windows. If I just try to,
> for example, run
>
> qemu-system-x86_64.exe --version
>
> No output, it just exits. This seems to be new with this version.
>
> Thanks!
>
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>

Happens to me too with qemu-system-ppc. Earlier thread is here:
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-ppc/2020-04/msg00027.html

For now compiling with --disable-pie will produce a running executable.

Best,
Howard

[Russell Morris (6-u3untu-h)]

Thanks for the pointer! Yep, same here - if I --disable-pie, rebuild and try again => now no crash, at least checking --version ;-).

Will continue testing here, report back if I see any other oddities.

Thanks again.

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