Bug 1368867

Summary: virt-manager can unintentionally default to virtio-vga video
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Chris Murphy <bugzilla>
Component: virt-managerAssignee: Cole Robinson <crobinso>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 25CC: amit, amit.shah, berrange, cfergeau, crobinso, dwmw2, itamar, pbonzini, rjones, virt-maint
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Fixed In Version: virt-manager-1.4.1-1.fc25 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2017-03-17 18:51:14 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Chris Murphy 2016-08-22 01:11:09 UTC 
Description of problem:

Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-25-20160819.n.1.iso in F24 qemu-kvm (virt-manager) BIOS + Video virtio driver, Anaconda comes up in text mode, not graphical.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-25-20160819.n.1.iso

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot the VM
2.
3.

Actual results:

Anaconda comes up in text mode.

Expected results:

Anaconda comes up in graphical mode.

Additional info:


/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm -name fedora,debug-threads=on -S -machine pc-i440fx-2.4,accel=kvm,usb=off,vmport=off -cpu SandyBridge -m 3072 -realtime mlock=off -smp 3,sockets=3,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid d41a0b49-801f-4b4d-9a6a-8aa5d93d898d -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-7-fedora/monitor.sock,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard -no-hpet -no-shutdown -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1 -boot strict=on -device ich9-usb-ehci1,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6.0x7 -device ich9-usb-uhci1,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=0,bus=pci.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x6 -device ich9-usb-uhci2,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6.0x1 -device ich9-usb-uhci3,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6.0x2 -device ahci,id=sata0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-25-20160819.n.1.iso,format=raw,if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-sata0-0-1,readonly=on -device ide-cd,bus=sata0.1,drive=drive-sata0-0-1,id=sata0-0-1,bootindex=1 -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/bios-f25wlive-1.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,cache=unsafe,aio=threads -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x9,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=2 -netdev tap,fd=25,id=hostnet0 -device rtl8139,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:3f:7e:76,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev spicevmc,id=charchannel0,name=vdagent -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=com.redhat.spice.0 -spice port=5900,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing,image-compression=off,seamless-migration=on -device virtio-vga,id=video0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device intel-hda,id=sound0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -device hda-duplex,id=sound0-codec0,bus=sound0.0,cad=0 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 -msg timestamp=on
Comment 1 Chris Murphy 2016-08-22 01:13:59 UTC 
Created attachment 1192722 [details]
anaconda.log
Comment 2 Chris Murphy 2016-08-22 01:14:11 UTC 
Created attachment 1192723 [details]
journal
Comment 3 Chris Murphy 2016-08-22 01:14:40 UTC 
Created attachment 1192724 [details]
program.log
Comment 4 Chris Murphy 2016-08-22 01:15:01 UTC 
Created attachment 1192725 [details]
X.log
Comment 5 Chris Murphy 2016-08-22 01:17:23 UTC 
Host:
qemu-kvm-2.6.0-5.fc24.x86_64
qemu-common-2.6.0-5.fc24.x86_64
qemu-system-x86-2.6.0-5.fc24.x86_64
libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-1.3.3.2-1.fc24.x86_64
4.8.0-0.rc2.git0.1.fc25.x86_64
Comment 6 Chris Murphy 2016-08-22 01:19:01 UTC 
Switching video driver in virt-manager to QXL solves this.
Comment 7 Cole Robinson 2016-09-08 20:17:59 UTC 
I think this is a virt-manager issue as a side effect of default to virtio-vga accidentally.
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2017-03-14 18:40:03 UTC 
virt-manager-1.4.1-1.fc25 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 25. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-8b8b4e1753
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2017-03-15 19:58:06 UTC 
virt-manager-1.4.1-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-8b8b4e1753
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2017-03-17 18:51:14 UTC 
virt-manager-1.4.1-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.