Bug 806105 - virt-manager: creating an arm guest gives 'unsupported configuration: this QEMU binary lacks hda support'
Summary: virt-manager: creating an arm guest gives 'unsupported configuration: this QE...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
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Product: Virtualization Tools
Classification: Community
Component: virt-manager
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Cole Robinson
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Reported: 2012-03-22 21:44 UTC by Orion Poplawski
Modified: 2013-08-18 16:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-08-18 16:43:15 UTC
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Description Orion Poplawski 2012-03-22 21:44:59 UTC 
Description of problem:

When trying to create a arm guest:

Unable to complete install: 'unsupported configuration: this QEMU binary lacks hda support'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 45, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1911, in do_install
    guest.start_install(False, meter=meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1239, in start_install
    noboot)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1307, in _create_guest
    dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml or final_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 2413, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: unsupported configuration: this QEMU binary lacks hda support


Workaround is to specify the ac97 sound device rather than default.  This should be done automatically though.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libvirt-0.9.10-2.fc17.i686
qemu-system-arm-1.0-8.fc17.i686
Comment 1 Cole Robinson 2012-06-07 21:39:41 UTC 
Thanks for the report Orion.

Still seeing this on latest packages? How did you create the guest? Can you provide the offending XML, and the working version?
Comment 2 Orion Poplawski 2012-06-07 23:04:29 UTC 
Still get it with:
libvirt-0.9.11.3-1.fc17.i686
qemu-system-arm-1.0-17.fc17.i686

I downloaded the armhfp XFCE image from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Fedora_17_Beta.  

From virt-manager did create a new virtual machine and "Import existing disk image", OS Type Linux, Fedora 16, set architecture to arm.
Comment 3 Orion Poplawski 2012-06-07 23:16:03 UTC 
Now when I set ac97 for sound and continue I get:

Unable to complete install: 'Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 45, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1911, in do_install
    guest.start_install(False, meter=meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1239, in start_install
    noboot)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1307, in _create_guest
    dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml or final_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 2397, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer

I can open a separate bug for that if desired.
Comment 4 Cole Robinson 2013-06-29 02:42:37 UTC 
Moving to upstream tracker.
Comment 5 Cole Robinson 2013-08-18 16:43:15 UTC 
Most arm boards don't allow specifying an explicit sound device, so upstream virt-manager doesn't do it by default on ARM anymore.
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