On Thursday, 03-10-2024 at 10:14 Gary Dale wrote:
> I'm running Debian/Stable on an AMD64 system. I have a number of
> kvm/qemu virtual machines running on it, including Home Assistant and a
> Samba DC, along with multiple Windows VMs. Most of them are working fine.
>
> However I found a need to fire up an old Windows XP VM but I can't get
> it to start. I'm using virt-manager to do this on my Debian/Testing
> workstation, connecting to the VMs on the Debian/Stable server. When I
> open the VM (using the virt-manager gui) I get the error:
>
> host does not support domain type kvm with machine "pc-0.12' for
> virtualization type 'hvm' with architecture 'x86_64'
What are the capabilities of the KVM Host? I use an Intel i7.
Can your Host support a SandyBridge CPU, if you create a new VM (e.g. try
creating a SandyBridge CPU configure VM and install Debain Bookworm)?
I expect that you may have other issues in Windows XP itself, if you do get to
run Windows XP on different architecture that it was originally installed to
(which is why my VM uses QEMU to emulate a Sandybrige CPU).
Other than researching links on the topic, like the two below, I am hoping that
the Virt-Manager VM XML I posted below may give you some ideas.
I believe qemu is important to emulate the older CPU.
https://people.redhat.com/~cohuck/2022/01/05/qemu-machine-types.html
https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/i386/pc.html
>
> I have two Windows XP VMs - 32bit and 64bit - and they both give the
> same message.
>
> I haven't tried using the Windows XP VMs in years, so I have no idea
> when the problem originated. I do know at one point they worked.
>
> Any ideas on what's going wrong and how to fix it?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
<domain type="kvm">
<name>WindowsXP</name>
<uuid>71106107-0884-482c-b532-de32dacb5f52</uuid>
<memory unit="KiB">3145728</memory>
<currentMemory unit="KiB">3145728</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement="static">1</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-i440fx-2.1">hvm</type>
<bootmenu enable="no"/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<pae/>
</features>
<cpu mode="custom" match="exact" check="partial">
<model fallback="allow">SandyBridge</model>
<vendor>Intel</vendor>
<feature policy="require" name="vme"/>
<feature policy="require" name="dtes64"/>
<feature policy="require" name="vmx"/>
<feature policy="require" name="erms"/>
<feature policy="require" name="xtpr"/>
<feature policy="require" name="smep"/>
<feature policy="require" name="pcid"/>
<feature policy="require" name="est"/>
<feature policy="require" name="monitor"/>
<feature policy="require" name="smx"/>
<feature policy="require" name="tm"/>
<feature policy="require" name="acpi"/>
<feature policy="require" name="osxsave"/>
<feature policy="require" name="ht"/>
<feature policy="require" name="pdcm"/>
<feature policy="require" name="fsgsbase"/>
<feature policy="require" name="f16c"/>
<feature policy="require" name="ds"/>
<feature policy="require" name="invtsc"/>
<feature policy="require" name="tm2"/>
<feature policy="require" name="ss"/>
<feature policy="require" name="pbe"/>
<feature policy="require" name="ds_cpl"/>
<feature policy="require" name="rdrand"/>
</cpu>
<clock offset="localtime">
<timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
<timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>
<timer name="hpet" present="no"/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<pm>
<suspend-to-mem enabled="no"/>
<suspend-to-disk enabled="no"/>
</pm>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
<disk type="file" device="disk">
<driver name="qemu" type="qcow2"/>
<source file="/var/lib/libvirt/images/WindowsXP.qcow2"/>
<target dev="vda" bus="virtio"/>
<boot order="1"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x07"
function="0x0"/>
</disk>
<disk type="file" device="cdrom">
<driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
<target dev="hda" bus="ide"/>
<readonly/>
<address type="drive" controller="0" bus="0" target="0" unit="0"/>
</disk>
<disk type="file" device="floppy">
<driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
<target dev="fda" bus="fdc"/>
<readonly/>
<address type="drive" controller="0" bus="0" target="0" unit="0"/>
</disk>
<controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-ehci1">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05"
function="0x7"/>
</controller>
<controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci1">
<master startport="0"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05" function="0x0"
multifunction="on"/>
</controller>
<controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci2">
<master startport="2"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05"
function="0x1"/>
</controller>
<controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci3">
<master startport="4"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05"
function="0x2"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="0" model="pci-root"/>
<controller type="ide" index="0">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01"
function="0x1"/>
</controller>
<controller type="virtio-serial" index="0">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x06"
function="0x0"/>
</controller>
<controller type="fdc" index="0"/>
<interface type="network">
<mac address="52:54:00:b2:32:aa"/>
<source network="vOrange"/>
<model type="virtio"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03"
function="0x0"/>
</interface>
<serial type="pty">
<target type="isa-serial" port="0">
<model name="isa-serial"/>
</target>
</serial>
<console type="pty">
<target type="serial" port="0"/>
</console>
<channel type="spicevmc">
<target type="virtio" name="com.redhat.spice.0"/>
<address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="1"/>
</channel>
<input type="mouse" bus="ps2"/>
<input type="keyboard" bus="ps2"/>
<graphics type="spice" autoport="yes">
<listen type="address"/>
</graphics>
<sound model="ac97">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x04"
function="0x0"/>
</sound>
<audio id="1" type="spice"/>
<video>
<model type="qxl" ram="65536" vram="65536" vgamem="16384" heads="1"
primary="yes"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02"
function="0x0"/>
</video>
<redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="2"/>
</redirdev>
<redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="3"/>
</redirdev>
<redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="4"/>
</redirdev>
<redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="5"/>
</redirdev>
<memballoon model="virtio">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x08"
function="0x0"/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
</domain>
