Created attachment 456709 [details] This UP guest reaches shell Description of problem: Fedora 14 host boots 2.6.35 SMP guests but the boot process does not reach a shell. The console echoes characters. This is on AMD Phenom II X4, Fedora x86_64, x86_64 SMP guests. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create an SMP guest, 2 CPUs, 1024MB RAM. 2. Guest uses a 2.6.35 kernel: Fedora 14, Ubuntu 10.10 3. Run guest Actual results: Kernel boots, console logs messages but the process gets stuck halfway and I do not get a shell. The console echoes characters Expected results: Boots to shell or desktop Additional info: I have a UP Ubuntu Server 10.10 guest that successfully boots to shell. I have a UP Ubuntu Desktop 10.10 guest that intermittently reaches the graphical desktop. The Fedora 14 Beta Install DVD does not reach anaconda.
Created attachment 456710 [details] Guest UP or SMP does not reach graphical desktop
An older kernel 2.6.32.x (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS) successfully boots SMP to graphical desktop.
F14 is end-of-life now. If anyone is still affected by this bug with newer qemu versions (fedora 16 or 17), please reopen this report.