Description of problem: Creation of a qemu sparc VM under Fedora x86_64 has two problems identified so far. LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin /usr/bin/qemu-system-sparc -S -M sun4m -m 512 -smp 1 -name sol-10-sparc -uuid 4a26f9b2-a9c6-bc7c-6574-c61249add10b -monitor pty -pidfile /var/run/libvirt/qemu//sol-10-sparc.pid -localtime -no-reboot -boot d -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/sol-10-sparc-5.img,if=ide,index=0 -drive file=/dev/sr0,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2 -net nic,macaddr=54:52:00:79:e5:1c,vlan=0 -net tap,fd=18,vlan=0 -serial pty -parallel none -usb -usbdevice tablet -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -soundhw es1370 /usr/bin/qemu-system-sparc: invalid option -- '-soundhw' -M sun4m should be one of qemu-system-sparc -M bob Supported machines are: SS-5 Sun4m platform, SPARCstation 5 (default) sun4m Sun4m platform, SPARCstation 10 SS-600MP Sun4m platform, SPARCserver 600MP SS-20 Sun4m platform, SPARCstation 20 SS-2 Sun4c platform, SPARCstation 2 Voyager Sun4m platform, SPARCstation Voyager LX Sun4m platform, SPARCstation LX SS-4 Sun4m platform, SPARCstation 4 SPARCClassic Sun4m platform, SPARCClassic SPARCbook Sun4m platform, SPARCbook SS-1000 Sun4d platform, SPARCserver 1000 SS-2000 Sun4d platform, SPARCcenter 2000 And -soundhw doesn't work but it automatically generated by the VM manager GUI. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm -qa | grep qemu qemu-system-x86-0.10.6-1.fc11.x86_64 qemu-img-0.10.6-1.fc11.x86_64 qemu-system-sparc-0.10.6-1.fc11.x86_64 qemu-common-0.10.6-1.fc11.x86_64 qemu-kvm-0.10.6-1.fc11.x86_64 rpm -qa | grep virt virt-viewer-0.0.3-6.fc11.x86_64 python-virtinst-0.400.3-8.fc11.noarch libvirt-0.6.2-14.fc11.x86_64 virt-manager-0.7.0-5.fc11.x86_64 libvirt-python-0.6.2-14.fc11.x86_64 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. Attempt creation of a Solaris 10 Sparc VM under Fedora 11 x86_64 Actual results: Fail Expected results: Success Additional info: I'd probably fix these problems myself if I were setup to do so. Slowly trying to get setup to fix problems myself.
Hmm, I guess libvirt needs to make sure the emulator actually supports the soundhw option. In the meantime, you can disable the sound device option in Edit->Preferences. Reassigning to libvirt.
The virtual machine manager assumes -soundhw option during New or "Create a new virtual machine" which doesn't allow the creation of the new VM to complete. The "Create a new virtual machine" operation does not allow the user to specify options like sound hardware. As a result you cannot create a new sparc Solaris VM with virtual machine manager. You never get to the point where you can remove the sound card from the VM because it never gets created. Also the -M option specified by the New operation is invalid. Who is the package maintainer for virt-manager? I'm still in the process of setting up as a Fedora bug-zapper. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
Comment #2, you can work around the virt-manager sound issue by turning off sound devices for new VMs via Edit->Preferences. The bug here is that if virt-manager requests a sound device, libvirt should make sure the qemu binary supports the -soundhw flag before adding it. Not sure what you mean about the -M option: -M is a valid option, and the 'sun4m' value is a valid value.
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Still relevant, but moving to the upstream tracker since this isn't a big deal for fedora (and has workarounds).
New enough libvirt/qemu will not have these problems. New enough libvirt uses '-device' with new enough qemu and qemu does have the sound support for some time there as well. Closing as UPSTREAM, reopen if you disagree.