>> $ sudo virsh capabilities >> <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-0.11</machine> >> <machine canonical='pc-0.11'>pc</machine> >> <machine>pc-0.10</machine> >> <machine>isapc</machine> >> <domain type='qemu'> >> </domain> >> </arch> >> <features> >> <pae/> >> <nonpae/> >> <acpi default='on' toggle='yes'/> >> <apic default='on' toggle='no'/> >> </features> >> </guest> >> </capabilities> > > Ok, this confirms your host OS is x86_64, but it only shows a single > guest entry for i386. This is because the 'qemu' binar is the 32-bit > emulator. To make x86_64 guests work, you need to install the > qemu-system-x86_64 binary, or a KVM binary called 'kvm' or 'qemu-kvm'. > > Once those are installed, you should see another <guest> appear in > that capabilities XML Unfortunately, I already have the 64bit emulator installed: $ which qemu-system-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/qemu-* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 217184 Jan 14 14:00 /usr/local/bin/qemu-img -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 229120 Jan 14 14:00 /usr/local/bin/qemu-io -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 210968 Jan 14 14:00 /usr/local/bin/qemu-nbd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2323328 Jan 14 14:01 /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 This was done by building the qemu-kvm-0.12.1.1 package from source. I am able to run this vm just fine using the qemu-system-x86_64 binary. I've tried rebuilding libvirt several times to make it aware that the proper binaries are installed, but it can't seem to find them for some reason. -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list