Questions tagged [qemu]
QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that performs hardware virtualization.
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Understanding how virt-install connects the Ethernet interface in host machine with the Ethernet interface in the quest?
I installed Debian virtual machine with virt-install in a way that guest got one Ethernet interface named vnet0:
$ virsh domiflist git-server
Interface Type Source Model MAC
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qemu-system-x86 --enable-kvm Windows 2k12 R2 stuck at windows logo
I am having an issue with kvm-qemu.
Host: Ubuntu
Guest OS is win2k12 R2.
When the VM is booted, some times it get stuck at windows log or it pass the windows log & get stuck at a black screen. I ...
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Boot failure with virtualized Windows 7
Ingredients:
Running system w/ LinuxMint (main system) and other OS's among which is an old Windows 7 image. System boots via GRUB2 into Ubuntu, Windows with no issues.
Here is the system's partion ...
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Finding performance bottlenecks on Red Hat server hosting KVMs with QEMU?
As a side task I administer a RHEL 7 server used as an internal KVM host. Now it runs eight VMs which, but for one, are idle most of their time, or at least not doing anything at all resource ...
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Qemu/KVM with hardware OpenGL rendering
I've seen that support for hardware accelerated rendering is getting mature in Qemu now but I'm confused about the best way to set it up, or if it's worth it compared to VMWare's 3D support.
For ...
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QEMU: How to convert -net flags into -device & -netdev
I'm trying to emulate Raspberry Pi via QEMU and the following works for me:
qemu-system-arm \
-append "root=/dev/sda2 panic=1 rootfstype=ext4 rw" \
-boot c \
-cpu arm1176 \
-drive "...
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Transparent x86 emulation using QEMU on Raspbian
I'm trying to setup transparent x86 emulation on Raspbian according to this tutorial: https://wiki.debian.org/QemuUserEmulation. The issue is that after enabling multiarch and running sudo apt-get ...
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“Disk I/O error” when trying to run OS via QEMU on Pi
I am trying to run Windows 98 on QEMU on my Pi using a project I found here: https://www.hackster.io/314reactor/windows-98-wrist-watch-15ecfd . When I run
qemu-system-i386 -localtime -cpu 486 -m 96 -...
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KVM-QEMU virtualization platform issue with creating guests of red-hat based distributions
I do use virtualization a lot , and of course my favorite tool is kvkm-qemu. However I am extremely frustrated with it lately, all my attempts to create a redhat based virtual machine with centos,...
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Create libvirt vm with a default network bridge
I'm currently trying to use a generic xml file to create virtual machines. My problem is that I cannot tell which adapter is present in the host system but I need a network bridge using the "default" ...
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Is there a security issue running libvirt-qemu as root to set rights on mounted host folder?
I'm trying to set up a server with 2 vms, which should be in productive mode later. I want to access some folders on the host, like log files and the webserver data folder, but the data on the host is ...
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Shrinking a qcow2 image when it contains an APFS filesystem
I'm not having much luck re-shrinking a qcow2 image; it contains an APFS filesystem and I suspect this is the issue. Has anyone successfully done this? I did zero out the free-space as usual and have ...
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Does Docker work with VirtualBox but not with KVM/QEMU?
Docker can creat virtual machines to be used as nodes in swarms.
The machine drivers contains VirualBox but no KVM/QEMU. Does it mean that
virtual machines created by KVM/QEMU can't be used as ...
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QEMU command line hard disk
I've installed Windows 10 as guest. Everything is OK. But I would like to use my physical hard drive (/dev/sdc) with files. When I start the virtual machine only shows 'Booting from hard disk'.
I use ...
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Is KVM a hypervisor?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor#Classification says QEMU is type 2 hypervisor, and KVM can be both type 1 and 2 hypervisor:
The distinction between these two types is not always clear. ...
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How can I not give a virtual graphics card at all to your VM and have the console on serial?
Stéphane Chazelas wrote that Can I start Debian on a text virtual console in a virtual machine?
You could also not give a virtual graphics card at all to your VM and
have the console on serial. ...
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How does task switching work between root/non root mode and host OS threads with KVM
KVM with QEMU spawns 1 process per VM and one thread per core. The KVM code uses VMON, VMENTER etc but when Linux task switches these threads with threads of the host OS, how does that work? How does ...
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QEMU VM has no IP
I tried to run a VM on QEMU, but the VM is up without an IP address associated with eth0. I configured the bridge and tap interface on the host, and I can see that:
brctl show bro
bridge name ...
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What are equivalences to QEMU/KVM in VirtualBox?
Are QEMU and KVM both kernel modules?
In VirtualBox, what are the equivalences to these kernel modules?
Thanks.
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Own boot parameter in Linux kernel gives no outprint (Homework)
The task is to write a own boot parameter in the linux kernel that activates printk under the kernel initiation.
The Linux kernel version that is edited is 4.16.7 (buildroot 2018.11.2) and my ...
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Accessing internet hosts from qemu guests behind a bridged network
I am trying to set up a number of qemu quests on the same private network. I want them to not be accessible outside the host but they should be able to access each other and resources from the ...
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QEMU USB HID device (gamepad) is reset all the time when in use
I try to run a Windows 10 VM with GPU passthru, that works fine but my gamepad , actualy a Betaflight flight controller running in HID mode, is resetted all the time.
The controller works on the host ...
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Shared folder in QEMU between Windows Host and Debian Guest
How do you share between the two?
I have booted my image on my Windows 10 host using this: qemu-system-x86_64 -hda debian.img -m 512 -net user,smb=C:\users\jason\Desktop\sharing\ -net nic,model=virtio
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Why hostfwd option of QEMU need root access in some times and doesn't need some times
This command of QEMU doesn't need root access :
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 3072 -smp 2 -hda Debian9.qcow2 -device e1000,netdev=net0 -netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:22,hostfwd=tcp::9000-:9000
When ...
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Fedora 29 qemu time problem
Since i upgraded my workstation from fedora28 to fedora29 i encountered a problem with my virtual machine which is running on my workstation. I am using this virtual machine for browsing in the ...
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Why is a machine of type i440fx created when I specify q35 and how do I get q35 to work?
I need to create a Windows VM with a Q35 machine type. However, in spite of specifying q35, and i440fx machine is created.
created with:
sudo virt-install \
--name wintest \
--boot uefi \
--ram ...
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Run Qemu VM as a User (non root) / DMA mapping failed
When i trying to run my windows VM as non-root i get this message
sudo ./win10vmuser.sh
(qemu) qemu-system-x86_64: VFIO_MAP_DMA: -12
qemu-system-x86_64: vfio_dma_map(0x555dd67af690, 0x90000000, ...
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qemu user networking: forward non-localhost guest IPs to the host
I'm running a qemu VM in user networking mode and I'd like to be able to access forwarded ports from the host. Something like the following works well.
-netdev user,id=t0,hostfwd=tcp::9992-:9992
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Can I run a .vdi file for Windows 8.1. virtual machine in KVM/QEMU or VMM?
Can I run a .vdi file for Windows 8.1. virtual machine in KVM/QEMU or VMM? Do I need to convert the file from .vdi to some format familiar to KVM/QEMU? What are the steps, if possible?
I have ...
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What is the relation between Virtual Machine Manager and KVM/QEMU?
What is the relation between Virtual Machine Manager and
KVM/QEMU? The Wikipedia links says
In computing, the Red Hat Virtual Machine Manager, also known as virt-manager, is a desktop virtual ...
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Running QEMU inside VM
I want to be testing some potential bugs for QEMU escape, but since I don't want to damage my host Windows 10 OS, I was wondering if I could install QEMU inside a Linux Fedora 29 VM, and if I can, ...
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Cannot Reach External Network Despite DHCP on QEMU Embedded Guest
I am trying to give an embedded router networking on QEMU. I replaced the router's kernel and modules using a generic buildroot build for the Malta CPU. I also can compile any software needed to help ...
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Black screen while emulating buildroot built kernel on QEMU
Till this date I was only able to emulate the RPI kernel but I want to emulate BeagleBone Black & i.MX based firmwares that I've built using buildroot.
I'm passing the following command:--
qemu-...
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QEMU/KVM Windows 10 Guest won't copy/paste text or files back to host
I am running Debian 9 (Stretch) with QEMU/KVM hosting a Windows 10 - 1809 guest. Using Spice for graphics.
I installed SPICE Guest Tools 0.141 and am able to copy/paste files and text from my Debian ...
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Qemu-user : get memory maps while debugging remotely
I am trying to get the memory map of a process I am debugging remotely (peda pull request link), the process is ran with qemu-user, for example:
qemu-arm -L /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ -g 1234 ./ch47
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How do I run a raw file in qemu? [closed]
I have been trying to run this project from github.
https://github.com/asafch/xv6-paging
My machine is running ubuntu 18.04, so this code isn't running here. I have seen this solution Booting a raw ...
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Corrupt display observed via VNC with TrueOS on QEMU
I am trying to run TrueOS v17.12x64 on QEMU but got corrupted display immediately after booting to GUI:
I am just going with the ordinary graphics setup. Here's my domain file:
<graphics type='...
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QEMU USB passthrough broken after Ubuntu 18.04 upgrade
For the past 2 years I've been running a Windows VM to which I passed through USB devices. The devices were attached while the VM was running, using virsh attach-device vm_name config_file.xml, where ...
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On which serial port numbers will see Qemu Guest OSes the attached serial ports?
Currently I am trying to give a physical rs232 port to a Qemu VM.
Currently I use
-chardev serial,path=/dev/ttyUSB0,id=hostusbserial
command argument to do that. However, being an usb-based serial ...
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How to exit a qemu monitor telnet session beautifully?
In a telnet session of the qemu monitor, the exit command doesn't exit the command session. It exits the emulator, i.e. the emulated virtual machine gets a hard poweroff.
I use the qemu monitor from ...
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Bridge network stop working with kvm/qemu
2-3 months ago I followed this article https://brooks.sh/2017/12/22/configuring-kvm-on-clear-linux/ to setup bridge network for kvm/qemu guest ubuntu. My Host os is ClearLinux. However the guest OS ...
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how to correct a conflict to install gns3 in opensuse?
When trying to install the gns3 from this repo
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:Dremor:gns3/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:Dremor:gns3.repo
It conflicts with files from an already installed ...
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How to clear partitioned disk for QEMU
I have a 100Gb partition for QEMU purposes. However, I was installing Windows 10, but the installation failed and corrupted. Is there a way to completely wipe that partition so I can start over?
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QEMU Commandline arguments to lib-virt are not accepted - unable to save xml file
I am trying to get audio working on a Win10 Guest running on a Ubuntu host following this guide https://blog.zerosector.io/2018/07/28/kvm-qemu-windows-10-gpu-passthrough/ .
GPU pass through works ...
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QEMU over ssh without using vncviewer
It seems that when I want to run qemu-system-x86_64 on a node via ssh -Y, I have to connect to the guest via VNC. So, here is an example:
[mahmood@rocks7 ~] ssh -Y compute-0-0
[mahmood@compute-0-0 ~] ...
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Static IPv4 in QEMU
I'm attempting to provide static IP addresses to the network interfaces while bringing up the QEMU images via command line.
The command is like below:
qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 2 -hda disk.img -net nic,...
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Sharing multiple folders between linux and windows in QEMU
With an option like -netdev user,net=10.0.2.0/24,id=host_files,restrict=off,smb=/home/mahmood,smbserver=10.0.2.4, I can share the home folder and my linux home is accessible from windows by mapping \\...
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QEMU GPU passthrough, how is that even possible?
I saw on internet that we can pass physical video card to guest machine. but how can that be possible?
for example :
if we have following machine:
CPU: intel 7700k with HD Graphics 630
RAM: 16G
GPU:...
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qemu - access guest VM from the host machine
I am running an Ubunut on qemu.
Here is the command I execute to lunch the machine
qemu-system-x86_64 \
-cdrom ubuntu-18.04.1.0-live-server-amd64.iso \
-drive file=ubuntu-18.04-server-amd64.img....
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VMs attached to the same bridge cannot ping each other
I am now trying to host two VMs directly by qemu, without any tools like libvirt.
I did setup the bridge/tap interfaces for each of them like
ip link add br0 type bridge
ip addr add 192.168.122.1/24 ...
