Hi, On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 03:13:25PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > $ dpkg --list *kvm* > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > ii kvm 72+dfsg-2 Full virtualization on x86 hardware This turned out to be the problem, libvirt didn't handle KVM 72's output correctly. photron helped identifying this issue on IRC, which I really appreciate, and there is a patch available to fix libvirt 0.7.5 with old KVM again. The real issue was that Debian has renamed the kvm package to qemu-kvm, which I didn't notice, and continued using an ancient kvm version. qemu-kvm from Debian unstable works fine with libvirt 0.7.5. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list