On 05.12.2012, at 15:09, Erlon Cruz wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Could you please post > > * the exact command line you were using > > ./ppc64-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64 -machine type=pseries,usb=off -m 512 -net > nic,vlan=0 -net tap -nographic -cdrom > /exports/isos/SLES-11-SP2-DVD-ppc64-GM-DVD1.iso -hda > /exports/sles11_sp2.qcow2 -monitor unix:/dev/tty1,nowait,server
Ah, so you're using -M mac99, which means any patch that says "pseries" shouldn't affect that VM at all. > > * details about your host: architecture, OS, kernel version > > Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GH > Linux tpad 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > * is this using KVM or TCG? > > TCG > > * what SLES exactly are you using here? > > SLES-11-SP2-DVD-ppc64-GM-DVD1.iso: sha256 -> > 2247dd6bb495eb50860668e46f7d6ba004eece9909f347c8ce487fd6a5f65ee1 > > * the exact QEMU version > > > Git: 01bbd8b... Update version for 1.3.0-rc2 > > I also run the media check from the installer and it says its OK. The only > abnormal think i could see is a message about the network interface, but it > doesn't seen to affect the behavior in the rootfs guests: > > Starting udev... ibmveth 1001: (unregistered net_device): unable to change > checksum offload settings. 1 rc=-2 ret_attr=1001 > > This last time I run, before that first error I mentioned I got this error in > this package: > > Installation of package ./suse/ppc64/liborc-0_4-0-0.4.11-7.5.23.ppc64.rpm > failed. > Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Inconsistency detected by ld.so: > dl-lookup > > but after retrying it passed. But when it hit the vi-base it stuck in that > error no matter how many times I retry or skip the package. This smells quite a lot like a TCG emulation bug. Could you please check if older versions used to work, so whether this is a regression or something that never really worked? Please also give -M pseries -vga std a try. Alex
