intrepid qemu broken?

[Jimmy Stewpot]

Hello,

I have recently dist-upgraded to intrepid on my system. Since the dist 
upgrade all of my kvm virtual machines work fine but my qemu ones fail 
to start. I am runing x64 ubuntu with an XP Pro image. It gives me no 
information at all in the logs as to what the cause of the problem is.. 
Here are the logs


cat XP-PRO.log 
 
 

/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 2048 -smp 1 -name XP-PRO -monitor pty 
-localtime -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/home/<user 
id>/XPPRO/xppro.img,if=ide,index=0 -drive file=/home/<user 
id>/windowsXPprosp3.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2 -net 
nic,macaddr=00:16:36:63:ab:4f,vlan=0 -net 
tap,fd=30,script=,vlan=0,ifname=vnet6 -serial pty -parallel none -usb 
-usbdevice tablet -vnc 127.0.0.1:5 
 

QEMU PC emulator version 0.9.1, Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard 
 
 

usage: qemu [options] [disk_image] 
 
 


'disk_image' is a raw hard image image for IDE hard disk 0

Standard options:
-M machine      select emulated machine (-M ? for list)
-cpu cpu        select CPU (-cpu ? for list)
-fda/-fdb file  use 'file' as floppy disk 0/1 image
-hda/-hdb file  use 'file' as IDE hard disk 0/1 image
-hdc/-hdd file  use 'file' as IDE hard disk 2/3 image
-cdrom file     use 'file' as IDE cdrom image (cdrom is ide1 master)
-drive [file=file][,if=type][,bus=n][,unit=m][,media=d][index=i]
        [,cyls=c,heads=h,secs=s[,trans=t]][snapshot=on|off] 
[,cache=on|off]
                 use 'file' as a drive image 

-mtdblock file  use 'file' as on-board Flash memory image 

-sd file        use 'file' as SecureDigital card image 

-pflash file    use 'file' as a parallel flash image 

-boot [a|c|d|n] boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), CD-ROM (d), or 
network (n)
-snapshot       write to temporary files instead of disk image files 

-no-frame       open SDL window without a frame and window decorations 

-alt-grab       use Ctrl-Alt-Shift to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt) 

-no-quit        disable SDL window close capability 

-no-fd-bootchk  disable boot signature checking for floppy disks 

-m megs         set virtual RAM size to megs MB [default=128] 

-smp n          set the number of CPUs to 'n' [default=1] 

-nographic      disable graphical output and redirect serial I/Os to 
console
-portrait       rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD) 

-k language     use keyboard layout (for example "fr" for French) 

-audio-help     print list of audio drivers and their options 

-soundhw c1,... enable audio support 

                 and only specified sound cards (comma separated list) 

                 use -soundhw ? to get the list of supported cards 

                 use -soundhw all to enable all of them 

-localtime      set the real time clock to local time [default=utc] 

-full-screen    start in full screen 

-win2k-hack     use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full 
bug
-usb            enable the USB driver (will be the default soon) 

-usbdevice name add the host or guest USB device 'name' 

-name string    set the name of the guest 


Network options:
-net nic[,vlan=n][,macaddr=addr][,model=type]
                 create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to 
VLAN 'n'
-net user[,vlan=n][,hostname=host]
                 connect the user mode network stack to VLAN 'n' and send
                 hostname 'host' to DHCP clients
-net tap[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file][,downscript=dfile]
                 connect the host TAP network interface to VLAN 'n' and 
use the
                 network scripts 'file' (default=/etc/qemu-ifup)
                 and 'dfile' (default=/etc/qemu-ifdown);
                 use '[down]script=no' to disable script execution;
                 use 'fd=h' to connect to an already opened TAP interface
-net socket[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]
                 connect the vlan 'n' to another VLAN using a socket 
connection
-net socket[,vlan=n][,fd=h][,mcast=maddr:port]
                 connect the vlan 'n' to multicast maddr and port
-net none       use it alone to have zero network devices; if no -net option
                 is provided, the default is '-net nic -net user'

-tftp dir       allow tftp access to files in dir [-net user]
-bootp file     advertise file in BOOTP replies
-smb dir        allow SMB access to files in 'dir' [-net user]
-redir [tcp|udp]:host-port:[guest-host]:guest-port
                 redirect TCP or UDP connections from host to guest 
[-net user]

Linux boot specific:
-kernel bzImage use 'bzImage' as kernel image
-append cmdline use 'cmdline' as kernel command line
-initrd file    use 'file' as initial ram disk

Debug/Expert options:
-monitor dev    redirect the monitor to char device 'dev'
-serial dev     redirect the serial port to char device 'dev'
-parallel dev   redirect the parallel port to char device 'dev'
-pidfile file   Write PID to 'file'
-S              freeze CPU at startup (use 'c' to start execution)
-s              wait gdb connection to port
-p port         set gdb connection port [default=1234]
-d item1,...    output log to /tmp/qemu.log (use -d ? for a list of log 
items)
-hdachs c,h,s[,t]  force hard disk 0 physical geometry and the optional BIOS
                 translation (t=none or lba) (usually qemu can guess them)
-L path         set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps
-std-vga        simulate a standard VGA card with VESA Bochs Extensions
                 (default is CL-GD5446 PCI VGA)
-no-acpi        disable ACPI
-curses         use a curses/ncurses interface instead of SDL
-no-reboot      exit instead of rebooting
-no-shutdown    stop before shutdown
-loadvm file    start right away with a saved state (loadvm in monitor)
-vnc display    start a VNC server on display
-daemonize      daemonize QEMU after initializing
-option-rom rom load a file, rom, into the option ROM space
-clock          force the use of the given methods for timer alarm.
                 To see what timers are available use -clock help

During emulation, the following keys are useful:
ctrl-alt-f      toggle full screen
ctrl-alt-n      switch to virtual console 'n'
ctrl-alt        toggle mouse and keyboard grab

When using -nographic, press 'ctrl-a h' to get some help.


It seems as though it is now missing some syntax. I have played around 
with it adding and removing syntax with no success. Has anyone else seen 
this type of problem?

Regards,

Jimmy