[Qemu-devel] [Bug 513273] Re: kvm with -vga std is broken since karmic

[sotirovlyu]

I'm using qemu-kvm 0.12.3 with "-vga std" and with res like 1680x1050,
1440x900 and a few other it crashes/quits immediately with message
"Could not open SDL display". It happens for me both when switching with
ctrl-alt-f or with cmd line option -full-screen. With 1024x768 for
example it does not happen, may be other. I'm using the package provided
with Ubuntu 10.4

We discussed on address@hidden with a guy nicknamed "mjt" (said he's
debian qemu-kvm package maintainer) that this is for sure a bug after
testing it by himself and according to him is present also in the
current qemu-kvm 0.12.4., but easy to spot and hopefully to fix.

By the way, should I open new bug report ot posting it here is enough?

P.S. I'm particularly interested to know how can I track the progress of
fixing of this bug, as I'm currently researching a solution to implement
KVM as a virtualization platfrom for desktops using the resolutions
mentioned in the beginning. Unfortunately the way KVM quits and closes
the whole machine while encoutering this bug scares me a bit about the
stability of "-vga std".

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kvm with -vga std is broken since karmic
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513273
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Status in QEMU: Invalid
Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in “seabios” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in “vgabios” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “qemu-kvm” source package in Lucid: Invalid
Status in “seabios” source package in Lucid: Invalid
Status in “vgabios” source package in Lucid: Fix Released

Bug description:
Binary package hint: qemu-kvm

it works with -vga cirrus, with -vga std I got:

BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_enable_slot: invalid parameters
BUG: kvm_dirty_pages_log_disable_slot: invalid parameters


And driver do not work properly (I can not set screen resolution) ...
virtual machine almost works, only screen problem in winxp guest

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 27 15:15:49 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
KvmCmdLine: Error: command ['ps', '-C', 'kvm', '-F'] failed with exit code 1: 
UID        PID  PPID  C    SZ   RSS PSR STIME TTY          TIME CMD
MachineType: Acer Aspire 9300
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: qemu-kvm 0.12.2-0ubuntu1
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-11-generic 
root=UUID=793246ac-c5ff-421b-a508-052d57cca90c ro rootfstype=ext4 quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=it_IT.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-11.15-generic
SourcePackage: qemu-kvm
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-11-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 12/13/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.14
dmi.board.name: Myallm
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Rev
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.14:bd12/13/2006:svnAcer:pnAspire9300:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnMyallm:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 9300
dmi.product.version: 0100
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer