It looks like this might be related to bug 1452016, there is no ppc64le specific template available on Trusty.
A simple copy-and-paste to create a template from Bionic still can't make this work. BTW, there is no /dev/kvm on Trusty ppc64le -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1752550 Title: Failed to create KVM on Trusty ppc64le, no supported architecture for os type 'hvm' Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Trying to use uvtool to create a KVM instance with Trusty kernel on a ppc64le system will fail with: uvt-kvm: error: libvirt: internal error: no supported architecture for os type 'hvm' Command: uvt-kvm create kvm-test release=xenial arch=ppc64el ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-142-generic 3.13.0-142.191 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-142.191-generic 3.13.11-ckt39 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-142-generic ppc64le AlsaDevices: Error: command ['ls', '-l', '/dev/snd/'] failed with exit code 2: ls: cannot access /dev/snd/: No such file or directory AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27 Architecture: ppc64el ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord' CurrentDmesg: Date: Thu Mar 1 11:09:14 2018 Lsusb: Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=36575f9a-a03d-4d21-874c-db9886a8ffbd ro console=hvc0 ProcLoadAvg: 1.18 0.67 0.28 1/1074 8837 ProcLocks: 1: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 6459 00:11:43064 0 0 2: FLOCK ADVISORY WRITE 2334 00:11:27831 0 EOF 3: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 2264 00:11:35027 0 EOF 4: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 2387 00:11:35925 0 EOF ProcSwaps: Filename Type Size Used Priority /swap.img file 8388544 0 -1 ProcVersion: Linux version 3.13.0-142-generic (buildd@bos02-ppc64el-009) (gcc version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) ) #191-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 2 12:12:31 UTC 2018 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-142-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-142-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.24 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill' SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 20 cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 20 cpu_freq: min: 3.694 GHz (cpu 124) max: 3.694 GHz (cpu 1) avg: 3.694 GHz cpu_runmode: Could not retrieve current diagnostics mode, No firmware implementation of function cpu_smt: SMT=8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1752550/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
