Black WinXP screen in qemu-kvm after f13->f14 upgrade on i686

Mogens Kjaer mk at lemo.dk
Sat Nov 6 08:12:18 UTC 2010


After I've upgraded my laptop (preupgrade i386 f13->f14) I can no longer
start my guest Win XP in virt-manager. The screen is black when I start
Windows.

On my desktop running x86_64 f14 (also upgraded from f13) I don't have
this problem.

If I do a fresh installation of Win XP in a new guest window I get the
same problem: The screen is black after the installation has finished.
I don't have this problem in x86_64.

What should I look for?

Mogens

The contents of /etc/libvirt/qemu/XP.xml (this worked in f13):

 <domain type='kvm'>
  <name>XP</name>
  <uuid>81861fa1-ae36-c8e5-8aeb-97d92ffd9d87</uuid>
  <memory>524288</memory>
  <currentMemory>524288</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch='i686' machine='fedora-13'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <clock offset='localtime'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/XP.img'/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
      <readonly/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='network'>
      <mac address='00:16:3e:1c:87:d7'/>
      <source network='default'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04'
function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='no' listen='0.0.0.0'
keymap='da'/>
    <video>
      <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02'
function='0x0'/>
    </video>
  </devices>
</domain>

-- 
Mogens Kjaer, mk at lemo.dk
http://www.lemo.dk


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