xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64 sdl support broken

[Johan]

If you use

sdl=1
vnc=0

in myconfiguration.cfg and run
# xm create myconfiguration.cfg

in a guest configuration, no sdl window is created, because the underlying qemu-dm doesn't know the -sdl option which it is passed.

Expected result: a window in SDL showing my guest. (Note: VNC does work. )

Actual result: an error message about how -sdl is not an option in some log file and not seeing a working VM.

Version: 4.1.2-2ubuntu2.1
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Bernd (tecstuff)]

I think the 'sdl' flag has been missed when packaging xen-utils-4.1 where qemu-dm is part of.

Latest version xen-utils-4.1.2-2ubuntu2.2 shows same behaviour.

[wolfnet (wolfnetteam)]

Possible. :/

[J (tigermonkey33)]

It appears that I may be experiencing the same result:

root@xen:/etc/xen# xm create /etc/xen/win7.cfg
Using config file "/etc/xen/win7.cfg".
Error: Domain 'win7' does not exist.

file: /var/log/xen/qemu-dm-win7.log
has a different error message, see attachment.

[J (tigermonkey33)]

root@xen:/etc/xen# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04
Codename: raring

root@xen:/etc/xen# uname -a
Linux xen 3.8.0-28-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 26 16:26:01 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

root@xen:/etc/xen# lsmod |grep xen
xen_blkback 26998 0
xen_gntdev 17403 1
xen_evtchn 13132 1
xenfs 12985 1
xen_privcmd 13177 15 xenfs