13.04.2014 11:03, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote: > 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."
Wow. > I was surprised that upgrading qemu stopped it > from running XP. It should not, obviously. > 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. Oh well, the procedure is much simpler. You only need to install qemu-system-x86 plus qemu-system-common, and the latter can be keep the latest. You don't need all the various system emulators for various different hardware. So, have you found which version broke? > 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. It is a bug which needs fixing. I can't immediately reproduce it here (especially because you haven't specified the qemu command line you used to run your guest). Please at least try 1.7.0+dfsg-2 and see if that one works. Thanks, /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
