On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:18:44PM +0200, ChaosMedia > WebDev wrote: > Hi, > > i've installed lastest kvm-86 and libvirt-0.6.4 tarballs on my debian > stable and have a problem using virsh > > No matter what i do in the guest domain config or with /usr/bin/ > symlinks, libvirt keeps using the -no-kvm option when starting guests > when my cpu has kvm-amd support, modules are loaded and /dev/kvm exists, > and starting the guests thru command line works fine, and faster. Can you provide your actual guest XML config > > and tried adding "/usr/bin/qemu-kvm" symlink > > <capabilities> > > <host> > <cpu> > <arch>x86_64</arch> > </cpu> > <migration_features> > <live/> > <uri_transports> > <uri_transport>tcp</uri_transport> > </uri_transports> > </migration_features> > </host> > > <guest> > <os_type>hvm</os_type> > <arch name='i686'> > <wordsize>32</wordsize> > <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator> > <machine>pc</machine> > <machine>isapc</machine> > <domain type='qemu'> > </domain> > <domain type='kvm'> > <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator> > </domain> > </arch> > <features> > <pae/> > <nonpae/> > <acpi default='on' toggle='yes'/> > <apic default='on' toggle='no'/> > </features> > </guest> > > <guest> > <os_type>hvm</os_type> > <arch name='x86_64'> > <wordsize>64</wordsize> > <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> > <machine>pc</machine> > <machine>isapc</machine> > <domain type='qemu'> > </domain> > <domain type='kvm'> > <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator> > </domain> > </arch> > <features> > <acpi default='on' toggle='yes'/> > <apic default='on' toggle='no'/> > </features> > </guest> > > </capabilities> These two shows libvirt knows about KVM, so the bug must be in the guest XML config. > > So far i had no luck getting virsh to use kvm, it always adds the > -no-kvm option, i'm not sure how to specify the domain type in the guest > config, using the <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator> won't help. I suspect you've not got type='kvm' on the <domain> tag. Daniel -- |: Red Hat, Engineering, London -o- http://people.redhat.com/berrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org -o- http://ovirt.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: GnuPG: 7D3B9505 -o- F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 :| -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list