[virt-tools-list] a qemu/kvm version problem

[Mark McLoughlin]

On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 13:14 +0400, Anton Protopopov wrote:
> 2009/10/9 Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com>
>         
>         On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 12:45 +0400, Anton Protopopov wrote:
>         > 2009/10/9 Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com>
>         >         Hi Anton,
>         >
>         >
>         >         On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 17:58 +0400, Anton Protopopov
>         wrote:
>         >         > Hi, all.
>         >         >
>         >         > When I trying to create a kvm machine using
>         virt-manager, I
>         >         get the
>         >         > following error message:
>         >         >
>         >         > Unable to complete install '<class
>         'libvirt.libvirtError'>
>         >         internal
>         >         > error unable to start guest: Supported machines
>         are:
>         >         > pc         Standard PC (default)
>         >         > isapc      ISA-only PC
>         >         >
>         >         > The problem is that virt-manager uses "M=pc-0.11"
>         parameter
>         >         in kvm
>         >         > command line, while
>         >         >   # virsh -c qemu:///system capabilities
>         >         >   ...
>         >         >       <domain type='kvm'>
>         >         >         <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
>         >         >         <machine>pc</machine>
>         >         >         <machine>isapc</machine>
>         >         >       </domain>
>         >         >   ...
>         >         > so it should be "M=pc" there.
>         >         >
>         >         > The similar problem was in libvirt recenlty, but
>         it was
>         >         solved in
>         >         > 0.7.1. See the following
>         >         > discussion:
>         >         >
>         >
>         http://www.mail-archive.com/libvir-list@redhat.com/msg16154.html
>         >
>         >
>         >         Do you mean this still happens even with the fixed
>         version of
>         >         libvirt?
>         > Exactly. I can create a machine using libvirt, but I can't
>         create a
>         > machine
>         > using virt-manager. My versions are:
>         >   # rpm -q libvirt python-module-libvirt
>         python-module-virtinst
>         > virt-manager
>         >   libvirt-0.7.1-alt2
>         >   python-module-libvirt-0.7.1-alt2
>         >   python-module-virtinst-0.500.0-alt1
>         >   virt-manager-0.8.0-alt1
>         
>         
>         Could you post your ~/.virt-manager/virt-manager.log?
> Reading ~/.virt-manager/virt-manager.log I understand what
> is actually happens: The machine description is
> ...<os>
>      <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>
>      ...
> ...</os>
> And libvirt dies on that (setting machine="pc-0.11").
> If I manually add machine='pc' here, then all works fine.
> 
> So is it a libvirt bug or virt-manager must write a "machine='smth'"
> to description?

Posting the full log might help ...

Is there an <emulator> tag ? If there is and it's /usr/bin/kvm, then it
sounds like a libvirt bug that it's picking pc-0.11

Cheers,
Mark.