Kvm not installable in feisty

[Bryan Donlan]

Binary package hint: kvm

bd@shion:~$ sudo apt-get install kvm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  kvm: Depends: kvm-api-9 but it is not installable

There are no packages with Provides: kvm-api-9 either in feisty.
E: Broken packages

[Harrison Conlin (harrisony)]

Confirmed http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/misc/kvm
seems like it is in Universe so MOTU should handle it

[Cian Davis (davisc)]

Confirmed also, feisty i386 on dual-core Athlon

[Mikko Ohtamaa (mikko-red-innovation)]

Also, confirmed

I have kvm 0.16 installed. kvm-api-9 dependency is added in kvm 0.18. kvm 0.16 cannot be updated and it's greyed out in update manager,

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

The kvm debian/changelog implies that the kernel package should be updated, so I’m adding linux-source-2.6.20.

 * Make package depend on kvm-api-X, so the kernel can provide correct API
   and we make sure things don't get skewed.

[Matthew Monteleone (mgm-protenus)]

This is also happening on my AMD64 Feisty install...

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

Contrary to comments in bug 105263, the latest kernel upload (2.6.20-15.27, 5 hours ago) does not have this fixed.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Not a bug in kvm.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

$ apt-cache show linux-image-2.6.20-15-generic | grep -E '(Version|Provides)'
Version: 2.6.20-15.27
Provides: linux-image, linux-image-2.6, fuse-module, ndiswrapper-modules-1.9, ivtv-modules, kvm-modules-2, rhcs-modules2-1

AFAICS it should provide "kvm-api-9"?!

[LosD (losd)]

How can importance be undecided? This is a confirmed bug, preventing a "headline feature", this should be a showstopper, or removed as a major feature of Feisty...

[bacon (robert-unicraft)]

I have the same problem, updated to the last kernel and can still not install kvm. This is really bad. Is there an ETA for when this will be fixed?

[Federico Raimondo (fraimondo)]

I agree with LosD. In www.ubuntu.com there's a banner saying: "Ubuntu 7.04 Beta. Simple networking, easy codecs and virtualization! Help test". This bug's importance shouldn't be undecided. It's a feisty major feature.

[reliable-robin-22 (nicolasdiogo)]

hi,

i am afraid the kvm virtualisation still not available since the kvm package depends on kvm-api-9, and it is not available in any of the repositories.

really bad practice by ubuntu,

nicolas

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

guys, the bitching doesn't help. If anything, people are less inclined to look at, due to all the useful information being hidden by all the bitching.

It's confirmed. now wait. and help out.

This stuff is all free, and mostly volunteer-based, you know...

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

It's already been fixed...

Accepted:
kvm 1:16-1ubuntu2 was ACCEPTED.
        Component: universe Section: misc

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Format: 1.7
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:52:01 -0400
Source: kvm
Binary: kvm-source kvm
Architecture: source
Version: 1:16-1ubuntu2
Distribution: feisty
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
 kvm - Full virtualization on x86 hardware
 kvm-source - Source for the KVM driver
Changes:
 kvm (1:16-1ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * Revert to kvm-16 to match released kernel.
   * Add epoch.
Files:
 fa594a57099c3d95f2927e94bc938788 926 misc optional kvm_16-1ubuntu2.dsc
 61c9cceecc545be356ac6c0504984e5e 35572 misc optional kvm_16-1ubuntu2.diff.gz
Original-Maintainer: Baruch Even <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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[LosD (losd)]

I'm not sure if it really is bitching, the point is that the major deep freeze is closing, and if it wasn't fixed, then one of the goals for Feisty would be gone.

On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that the reason for it not being changed to a show stopper, was that the ones to decide on release blockers probably are working normal hours, and it wasn't confirmed until friday evening...

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

Doesn’t the epoch increment make it really hard to resync with Debian now for future releases?

[edschofield (schofield)]

On 4/16/07, Sarah Hobbs <email address hidden> wrote:
> guys, the bitching doesn't help. If anything, people are less inclined
> to look at, due to all the useful information being hidden by all the
> bitching.
> It's confirmed. now wait. and help out.
> This stuff is all free, and mostly volunteer-based, you know...

Sarah, this comment is patronising and unhelpful. Most of the comments
have been genuine attempts to report and verify the existence of the
bug, which was claimed prematurely to be fixed. The reason for the
alarm should be obvious: the imminent release, for which
virtualisation is an important goal. Please try to be more respectful.

[Federico Raimondo (fraimondo)]

I believe nobody is saying anything harmfull, and we all know that this is free and volunteer-based. What I've been trying to say is something like "This is a bug, and due to the fact that kernel freeze date was scheduled to April 5th (!), this is an important bug". I think it isn't fixed. The bug showed up when I wanted to install kvm-18, not kvm-16, but kvm-18 is not available any more.

[Christoph Rauch (christoph-rauch)]

Question: is a new kernel release still possible? If not, the kvm package has to be changed before release to allow installation.

An incompatibility is less severe than not being able to install it at all.

[LosD (losd)]

It HAS been fixed, not by kernel upgrade, but by kvm downgrade (from 18 to 16).

[edschofield (schofield)]

I can confirm that kvm is now installable (version 1:16-1ubuntu2) with
the current kernel.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Per a decision made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, bugs will longer be assigned to the ubuntu-kernel-team in Launchpad as part of the bug triage process. The ubuntu-kernel-team is being unassigned from this bug report. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies for more information. Thanks.