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Bug 614915 - Windows VM guest crashes during boot-up in SPICE with sound support
Summary: Windows VM guest crashes during boot-up in SPICE with sound support
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 621161
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: spice-server
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Uri Lublin
QA Contact: Desktop QE
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-07-15 14:44 UTC by Michal Haško
Modified: 2015-03-02 03:59 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2010-08-11 10:56:08 UTC
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Description Michal Haško 2010-07-15 14:44:25 UTC 
Description of problem:
Booting up guest windows xp machine without sound support is just fine, but passing the "-soundhw all" option to qemu-kvm makes the guest crash just when the initial windows logo with progressbar finishes and welcome screen is to be presented.

The complete server command:
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -vga qxl -m 1024 -spice port=3001,disable-ticketing -usbdevice tablet /dev/virtual/win-xp-professional-x86 -soundhw all

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Host: RHEL 6.0 snap7
Guest: Windows XP with SP3
Client: localhost spice client (RHEL 6.0 snap7)

$ rpm -qa spice* qemu-kvm
spice-server-0.4.2-14.el6.x86_64
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.94.el6.x86_64
spice-client-0.4.2-15.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install guest Windows XP with SP3
2. Install spice drivers for windows in guest
3. # /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -vga qxl -m 1024 -spice port=3001,disable-ticketing -usbdevice tablet <guest_image> -soundhw all
4. # /usr/libexec/spicec -h localhost -p 3001
  
Actual results:
Windows crash during boot-up, qemu-kvm prints out "I/O possible"

Expected results:
Windows should boot up just fine, sound should be working
Comment 1 Uri Lublin 2010-07-15 15:20:33 UTC 
Try changing the qemu-kvm command line by replacing "-soundhw all" with "-soundhw ac97".
Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2010-07-15 15:38:14 UTC 
This issue has been proposed when we are only considering blocker
issues in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. It has
been denied for the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.

** If you would still like this issue considered for the current
release, ask your support representative to file as a blocker on
your behalf. Otherwise ask that it be considered for the next
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. **
Comment 4 Michal Haško 2010-07-16 06:57:32 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
No, still the same issue.
Comment 5 Uri Lublin 2010-08-10 15:05:40 UTC 
1. I can not reproduce the crash.
   Does it crash when not using spice as well ?
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -m 1024 -usbdevice tablet /dev/virtual/win-xp-professional-x86 -soundhw all (or soundhw ac97)

It it still crashes, this may be a qemu-kvm bug.
Or maybe some required packages are missing.

2. Please try setting the following environment variable (assuming bash):
export QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice
Comment 6 Uri Lublin 2010-08-11 09:17:20 UTC 
Unrelated to the crash mentioned in this bug, I think we should add in qemu-kvm an early setenv("QEMU_AUDIO_DRV", "spice") when spice is used (-spice in the command line).
Comment 7 Michal Haško 2010-08-11 09:34:07 UTC 
I don't understand how, but the sound works for me now (with&without spice)
I started spice server using following command:
sudo /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -m 1024 -spice port=3001,disable-ticketing -usbdevice tablet -soundhw all  /dev/virtual/xp
Comment 8 Lubos Kocman 2010-08-11 10:56:08 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 621161 ***
Comment 9 Uri Lublin 2010-08-11 11:56:57 UTC 
(reply to Comment #7)
Did you set the QEMU_AUDIO_DRV environment variable as mentioned in Comment 5 ?
Did you yum install <packages> ?  if yes, maybe one of them was missing, which
caused the crash.
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