Package: qemu
Version: 1.7.0+dfsg-8
Severity: normal
Hi,
Thank you for maintaining qemu.
It can be handy when you need to run a program
compiled for a different operating system.
I happened to notice that after upgrading from
1.6.0+dfsg-1+b1
to
1.7.0+dfsg-8
Windows XP would no longer boot in qemu.
XP complained with
"We apologize for the inconvenience but
Windows did not start successfully. A recent
hardware or software change might have caused
this."
I was surprised that upgrading qemu stopped it
from running XP.
Maybe the new version of qemu looked to XP like it
had different hardware or software.
I read that it has new USB 3.0 code.
I tried having qemu emulate a variety of machine
types with the "-M" option.
No luck.
Nor would XP boot into safe mode.
I ended up
1.) removing the new versions of qemu and its ~12
related packages,
2.) looking in /var/log/dpkg.log to see what
versions I was running before,
3.) finding each at
snapshot.debian.org
4.) downloading each to a subdirectory and
5.) running
$ dpkg -i *
6.) in that subdirectory.
Humble suggestion:
Ask what changed between 1.6 and 1.7, and try
adding command line options to let users keep the
old behavior if they wish.
Thanks,
Kingsley
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages qemu depends on:
ii qemu-system 1.6.0+dfsg-1
ii qemu-user 1.6.0+dfsg-1
ii qemu-utils 1.6.0+dfsg-1
qemu recommends no packages.
Versions of packages qemu suggests:
pn qemu-user-static <none>
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