running Vista under KVM

[Wayne Feick]

I've been trying to experiment with running Vista under KVM today, but
I'm running into a cryptic error message that doesn't mean much to me:

        Unable to complete install '<class 'libvirt.libvirtError'>
internal error QEMU quit during console startup
        
        Traceback (most recent call last):
          File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 723, in
do_install
            dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
          File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 732,
in start_install
            return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
          File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 767,
in _do_install
            self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
          File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 915, in
createLinux
            if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
conn=self)
        libvirtError: internal error QEMU quit during console startup
        
        '

Here is what I did.

I made sure libvirtd was running, launched Applications -> System Tools
-> Virtual Machine Manager and walked my way through the wizard screens
until I get to the "Ready to begin installation" screen.

        Summary
        
        Virtualization method: Fully virtualized
        Initial memory: 512 MB
        Maximum memory: 512 MB
        Virtual CPUs: 1
        
        Install media
        
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista
        Installation source: /home/waf/vista64.iso
        Kiskstart source:
        
        Storage
        
        Disk image: /var/lib/libvirt/images/Vista-1.img
        Disk size: 4000 MB
        
        Network
        
        Connection type: Virtual network
        Target: default
        MAC address: -
        
        Sound
        
        Enable Audio: True

When I select Finish, I get a popup window with the error message.

I have the right processor capabilities to virtualize. It's a Core 2
T7200 with the following flags:

        fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
        pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe
        syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl
        pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm

I can't seem to find a good KVM quick start guide on fedoraproject.org. 

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Wayne.

[Mark McLoughlin]

Hi Wayne,

On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 06:32 +0000, Wayne Feick wrote:
>   I've been trying to experiment with running Vista under KVM
> today, but
>  I'm running into a cryptic error message that doesn't mean much to me:
>  
>          Unable to complete install '<class 'libvirt.libvirtError'>
> internal error QEMU quit during console startup
>          
>          Traceback (most recent call last):
>            File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 723, in
> do_install
>              dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
>            File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 732,
> in start_install
>              return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
>            File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 767,
> in _do_install
>              self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
>            File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 915, in
> createLinux
>              if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
> conn=self)
>          libvirtError: internal error QEMU quit during console startup
>          
>          ' 
See this page:

  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reporting_virtualization_bugs

Is there anything interesting in the log in /var/log/libvirt/qemu?

Thanks,
Mark.

[Wayne Feick]

On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 07:55 +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote: 
>  Hi Wayne,
>  
>  On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 06:32 +0000, Wayne Feick wrote:
>  >  I've been trying to experiment with running Vista under KVM today, but
>  > I'm running into a cryptic error message that doesn't mean much to me:
>  > 
>  >         Unable to complete install '<class 'libvirt.libvirtError'>
> internal error QEMU quit during console startup
>  >         
>  >         Traceback (most recent call last):
>  >           File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 723,
> in do_install
>  >             dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
>  >           File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line
> 732, in start_install
>  >             return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
>  >           File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line
> 767, in _do_install
>  >             self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
>  >           File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 915,
> in createLinux
>  >             if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux()
> failed', conn=self)
>  >         libvirtError: internal error QEMU quit during console startup
>  >         
>  >         '
>  
>  See this page:
>  
>    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reporting_virtualization_bugs
>  
>  Is there anything interesting in the log in /var/log/libvirt/qemu?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Mark.
>   
Thanks, Mark. I was looking in /var/log/messages, but hadn't
found /var/log/libvirt/qemu. Here's what it says:

         Supported machines are:
        xenfv      Xen Fully-virtualized PC (default)
        xenpv      Xen Para-virtualized PC
 
I eventually figured out that some more services needed to be started,
but I wasn't entirely sure which. After a reboot, things seem to be
working. 

So the key point is that you can't just install the Fedora 11
virtualization group and go, you have to either reboot first, or figure
out which services need to be started.

Now I just need to figure out why the 64-bit Vista install fails with a
blue screen showing:

    *** STOP: 0x000000A5 (0x0001000B,0x50434146,0xFFD0702C,0x00000000)

Wayne.

[Mark McLoughlin]

On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 09:52 -0800, Wayne Feick wrote:
>  On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 07:55 +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote: 
>  > Hi Wayne,
>  > 
>  > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 06:32 +0000, Wayne Feick wrote:
>  > >  I've been trying to experiment with running Vista under KVM today, but
>  > > I'm running into a cryptic error message that doesn't mean much to me:
>  > > 
>  > >         Unable to complete install '<class
> 'libvirt.libvirtError'> internal error QEMU quit during console startup
>  > >         
>  > >         Traceback (most recent call last):
>  > >           File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line
> 723, in do_install
>  > >             dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
>  > >           File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
> line 732, in start_install
>  > >             return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
>  > >           File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
> line 767, in _do_install
>  > >             self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
>  > >           File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line
> 915, in createLinux
>  > >             if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux()
> failed', conn=self)
>  > >         libvirtError: internal error QEMU quit during console startup
>  > >         
>  > >         '
>  > 
>  > See this page:
>  > 
>  >   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reporting_virtualization_bugs
>  > 
>  > Is there anything interesting in the log in /var/log/libvirt/qemu?
>  > 
>  > Thanks,
>  > Mark.
>  > 
>  
>  Thanks, Mark. I was looking in /var/log/messages, but hadn't
>  found /var/log/libvirt/qemu. Here's what it says:
>  
>           Supported machines are:
>          xenfv      Xen Fully-virtualized PC (default)
>          xenpv      Xen Para-virtualized PC
>   
>  I eventually figured out that some more services needed to be started,
>  but I wasn't entirely sure which. After a reboot, things seem to be
>  working. 
>  
>  So the key point is that you can't just install the Fedora 11
>  virtualization group and go, you have to either reboot first, or figure
>  out which services need to be started. 
Interesting indeed. I haven't seen that in my own testing. Please file a
bug against Fedora/libvirt in bugzilla.redhat.com.

Thanks much,
Mark.

[Mark McLoughlin]

Hi Wayne,

On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 18:19 +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
>  On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 09:52 -0800, Wayne Feick wrote:
>  > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 07:55 +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote: 
>  > > Hi Wayne,
>  > > 
>  > > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 06:32 +0000, Wayne Feick wrote:
>  > > >  I've been trying to experiment with running Vista under KVM today,
> but
>  > > > I'm running into a cryptic error message that doesn't mean much to
> me:
>  > > > 
>  > > >         Unable to complete install '<class
> 'libvirt.libvirtError'> internal error QEMU quit during console startup
>  > > >         
>  > > >         Traceback (most recent call last):
>  > > >           File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py",
> line 723, in do_install
>  > > >             dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
>  > > >           File
> "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 732, in
> start_install
>  > > >             return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
>  > > >           File
> "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 767, in _do_install
>  > > >             self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
>  > > >           File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py",
> line 915, in createLinux
>  > > >             if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux()
> failed', conn=self)
>  > > >         libvirtError: internal error QEMU quit during console startup
>  > > >         
>  > > >         '
>  > > 
>  > > See this page:
>  > > 
>  > >   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reporting_virtualization_bugs
>  > > 
>  > > Is there anything interesting in the log in /var/log/libvirt/qemu?
>  > > 
>  > > Thanks,
>  > > Mark.
>  > > 
>  > 
>  > Thanks, Mark. I was looking in /var/log/messages, but hadn't
>  > found /var/log/libvirt/qemu. Here's what it says:
>  > 
>  >          Supported machines are:
>  >         xenfv      Xen Fully-virtualized PC (default)
>  >         xenpv      Xen Para-virtualized PC
>  >  
>  > I eventually figured out that some more services needed to be started,
>  > but I wasn't entirely sure which. After a reboot, things seem to be
>  > working. 
>  > 
>  > So the key point is that you can't just install the Fedora 11
>  > virtualization group and go, you have to either reboot first, or figure
>  > out which services need to be started.
>  
>  Interesting indeed. I haven't seen that in my own testing. Please file a
>  bug against Fedora/libvirt in bugzilla.redhat.com. 
Have you filed that bug? I can't seem to find it, but that's not unusual
with bugzilla :-)

Thanks,
Mark.

[itamar]

here are the bug


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468024

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  Hi Wayne,
>
>  On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 18:19 +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 09:52 -0800, Wayne Feick wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 07:55 +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> > > > Hi Wayne,
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 06:32 +0000, Wayne Feick wrote:
> > > > >  I've been trying to experiment with running Vista under KVM
> today, but
> > > > > I'm running into a cryptic error message that doesn't mean
> much to me:
> > > > >
> > > > >         Unable to complete install '<class
> 'libvirt.libvirtError'> internal error QEMU quit during console startup
> > > > >
> > > > >         Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > > >           File
> "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 723, in do_install
> > > > >             dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
> > > > >           File
> "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 732, in
> start_install
> > > > >             return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld,
> wait)
> > > > >           File
> "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 767, in _do_install
> > > > >             self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
> > > > >           File
> "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 915, in createLinux
> > > > >             if ret is None:raise
> libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
> > > > >         libvirtError: internal error QEMU quit during console startup
> > > > >
> > > > >         '
> > > >
> > > > See this page:
> > > >
> > > >   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reporting_virtualization_bugs
> > > >
> > > > Is there anything interesting in the log in /var/log/libvirt/qemu?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Mark.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thanks, Mark. I was looking in /var/log/messages, but hadn't
> > > found /var/log/libvirt/qemu. Here's what it says:
> > >
> > >          Supported machines are:
> > >         xenfv      Xen Fully-virtualized PC (default)
> > >         xenpv      Xen Para-virtualized PC
> > >
> > > I eventually figured out that some more services needed to be started,
> > > but I wasn't entirely sure which. After a reboot, things seem to be
> > > working.
> > >
> > > So the key point is that you can't just install the Fedora 11
> > > virtualization group and go, you have to either reboot first, or figure
> > > out which services need to be started.
> >
> > Interesting indeed. I haven't seen that in my own testing. Please file a
> > bug against Fedora/libvirt in bugzilla.redhat.com.
>
>  Have you filed that bug? I can't seem to find it, but that's not unusual
>  with bugzilla :-)
>
>  Thanks,
>  Mark.
>
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[Mark McLoughlin]

Hi Itamar,

On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 21:11 -0200, Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote:
>  here are the bug
>  
>  
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468024 
  "qemu-kvm crashing with windows vista"

This is a different issue than the one Wayne was seeing.

Thanks for filing the report, and sorry that no developers have gotten
to it yet. It's one of those bugs that needs a developer to sit down,
reproduce it and debug it.

Perhaps you could try the rawhide version of qemu-kvm?

  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=79590

If the bug still exists with that, you could also try going here:

  http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Downloads

downloading kvm-83 and building kvm.ko.

That way developers can know whether it's a bug that has been fixed
upstream since kvm-74 was released.

Thanks,
Mark.

[Wayne Feick]

On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 09:52 -0800, Wayne Feick wrote:

>  On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 07:55 +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote: 
>  > Hi Wayne,
>  > 
>  > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 06:32 +0000, Wayne Feick wrote:
>  > >  I've been trying to experiment with running Vista under KVM today, but
>  > > I'm running into a cryptic error message that doesn't mean much to me:
>  > > 
>  > >         Unable to complete install '<class
> 'libvirt.libvirtError'> internal error QEMU quit during console startup
>  > >         
>  > >         Traceback (most recent call last):
>  > >           File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line
> 723, in do_install
>  > >             dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
>  > >           File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
> line 732, in start_install
>  > >             return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
>  > >           File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",
> line 767, in _do_install
>  > >             self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
>  > >           File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line
> 915, in createLinux
>  > >             if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux()
> failed', conn=self)
>  > >         libvirtError: internal error QEMU quit during console startup
>  > >         
>  > >         '
>  > 
>  > See this page:
>  > 
>  >   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reporting_virtualization_bugs
>  > 
>  > Is there anything interesting in the log in /var/log/libvirt/qemu?
>  > 
>  > Thanks,
>  > Mark.
>  > 
>  
>  Thanks, Mark. I was looking in /var/log/messages, but hadn't
>  found /var/log/libvirt/qemu. Here's what it says:
>  
>           Supported machines are:
>          xenfv      Xen Fully-virtualized PC (default)
>          xenpv      Xen Para-virtualized PC
>   
>  I eventually figured out that some more services needed to be started,
>  but I wasn't entirely sure which. After a reboot, things seem to be
>  working. 
>  
>  So the key point is that you can't just install the Fedora 11
>  virtualization group and go, you have to either reboot first, or figure
>  out which services need to be started.
>  
>  Now I just need to figure out why the 64-bit Vista install fails with a
>  blue screen showing:
>  
>      *** STOP: 0x000000A5 (0x0001000B,0x50434146,0xFFD0702C,0x00000000)
>  
>  Wayne. 
And just for posterity in case someone else finds this thread while
searching for a solution, I needed to enable virtualization in my BIOS
as well. Vista is now running in all its 64-bit glory inside a cage on
linux.

Wayne.