Here is the output of virsh capabilities. It seems to make no sense. But it might indicate that something about detection of the qemu-kvm-1.1.0 binary fails, so libvirt assumes that it's not working. Rich. $ sudo virsh capabilities <capabilities> <host> <uuid>2b8c6f80-b15c-11df-9cfd-b727e82cf6bb</uuid> <cpu> <arch>x86_64</arch> <model>Westmere</model> <vendor>Intel</vendor> <topology sockets='1' cores='2' threads='2'/> <feature name='rdtscp'/> <feature name='pdcm'/> <feature name='xtpr'/> <feature name='tm2'/> <feature name='est'/> <feature name='smx'/> <feature name='vmx'/> <feature name='ds_cpl'/> <feature name='monitor'/> <feature name='dtes64'/> <feature name='pclmuldq'/> <feature name='pbe'/> <feature name='tm'/> <feature name='ht'/> <feature name='ss'/> <feature name='acpi'/> <feature name='ds'/> <feature name='vme'/> </cpu> <power_management> <suspend_mem/> <suspend_disk/> <suspend_hybrid/> </power_management> <migration_features> <live/> <uri_transports> <uri_transport>tcp</uri_transport> </uri_transports> </migration_features> <topology> <cells num='1'> <cell id='0'> <cpus num='4'> <cpu id='0'/> <cpu id='1'/> <cpu id='2'/> <cpu id='3'/> </cpus> </cell> </cells> </topology> <secmodel> <model>selinux</model> <doi>0</doi> </secmodel> </host> <guest> <os_type>hvm</os_type> <arch name='arm'> <wordsize>32</wordsize> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-arm</emulator> <machine>integratorcp</machine> <machine>collie</machine> <machine>nuri</machine> <machine>smdkc210</machine> <machine>connex</machine> <machine>verdex</machine> <machine>highbank</machine> <machine>mainstone</machine> <machine>musicpal</machine> <machine>n800</machine> <machine>n810</machine> <machine>sx1</machine> <machine>sx1-v1</machine> <machine>cheetah</machine> <machine>realview-eb</machine> <machine>realview-eb-mpcore</machine> <machine>realview-pb-a8</machine> <machine>realview-pbx-a9</machine> <machine>akita</machine> <machine>spitz</machine> <machine>borzoi</machine> <machine>terrier</machine> <machine>lm3s811evb</machine> <machine>lm3s6965evb</machine> <machine>tosa</machine> <machine>versatilepb</machine> <machine>versatileab</machine> <machine>vexpress-a9</machine> <machine>vexpress-a15</machine> <machine>xilinx-zynq-a9</machine> <machine>z2</machine> <domain type='qemu'> </domain> </arch> <features> <deviceboot/> </features> </guest> <guest> <os_type>hvm</os_type> <arch name='mips'> <wordsize>32</wordsize> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-mips</emulator> <machine>malta</machine> <machine>magnum</machine> <machine>pica61</machine> <machine>mipssim</machine> <machine>mips</machine> <domain type='qemu'> </domain> </arch> <features> <deviceboot/> </features> </guest> <guest> <os_type>hvm</os_type> <arch name='mipsel'> <wordsize>32</wordsize> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-mipsel</emulator> <machine>malta</machine> <machine>magnum</machine> <machine>pica61</machine> <machine>mipssim</machine> <machine>mips</machine> <domain type='qemu'> </domain> </arch> <features> <deviceboot/> </features> </guest> </capabilities> -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list