My qemu error

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi Didier,


I changed my script, and for some reason, I have no sound. Have to do 
some more reading on this.


Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

Sent from the Fedora machine, using Thunderbird

On 2021/12/02 03:20, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi Ibrahim,
>
> this is the script I use to run Windows-10/11 in a Qemu VM:
>
> qemu-system-x86_64 \
> -cpu host \
> -enable-kvm \
> -smp $(nproc) \
> -m 4G \
> -k fr \
> -boot order=c \
> -boot menu=on \
> -device intel-hda \
> -device hda-duplex \
> -display gtk \
> -vga std \
> -device usb-ehci,id=ehci  \
> -drive file=~/qemu/windows.qcow2,format=qcow2,media=disk
>
> No idea if it will have sound in Fedora, though.
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
>
> Le 01/12/2021 à 10:54, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>> Hi Didier,
>>
>>
>> There were some packages missing, which I have now installed. I 
>> installed qemu-kvm, virt-manager and virt-viewer, which didn't 
>> install along with the main qemu package.
>>
>>
>> I am still having issues with the sound thing however. I am hesitant 
>> to try and fix the script myself.
>>
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Brandt Steenkamp
>>
>> Sent from the Fedora machine, using Thunderbird
>>
>> On 2021/11/30 23:12, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>> Ho Brandt,
>>>
>>> This does tell if the support for KVM is properly configured in this 
>>> kernel.
>>>
>>> to check, you can do this:
>>>
>>> cp /proc/config.gz /tmp
>>> cd /tmp
>>> gunzip config.gz
>>> you will get a file named config with configuration settings of the 
>>> kernel
>>>
>>> You can do the same with Slint and compare.
>>>
>>> And/or use a Fedora support channel.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Didier
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 30/11/2021 à 21:43, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>>> As I stated, I'm running Fedora Mate Compiz 35 at the moment, and
>>>>
>>>> $uname -r
>>>>
>>>> gives me the following.
>>>>
>>>> 5.15.5-200.fc35.x86_64
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>
>>>> Brandt Steenkamp
>>>>
>>>> Sent from the Fedora machine, using Thunderbird
>>>>
>>>> On 2021/11/30 20:03, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>>> PS instead of:
>>>>> /boot/config-generic-5.14.13
>>>>> please read:
>>>>> /boot/config-generic-5.13.13
>>>>>
>>>>> OT Both the 5.13 and 5.14 have been declared End of Life, I will 
>>>>> provide a
>>>>> 5.15.z when I will think this branch is stable enough.
>>>>>
>>>>> Didier
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 30/11/2021 à 18:49, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>>>>> Hi Brandt,
>>>>>> answers inline
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 30/11/2021 à 13:55, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>>>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: warning: '-soundhw hda' is deprecated, 
>>>>>>> please use '-device intel-hda -device hda-duplex' instead
>>>>>>> audio: Device hda: audiodev default parameter is deprecated, 
>>>>>>> please specify audiodev=pa
>>>>>>> audio: Device hda: audiodev default parameter is deprecated, 
>>>>>>> please specify audiodev=pa
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the command remove
>>>>>> -soundhw hda
>>>>>> which is redundant with
>>>>>> -device intel-hda -device hda-duplex
>>>>>> and probaly repcace
>>>>>> --audiodev pa
>>>>>> by:
>>>>>> --audiodev=pahowever, maybe this whole stuff is not 
>>>>>> necessary:-audiodev pa,id=pa,out.mixing-engine=off,out.latency=20000
>>>>>> I don't have it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  >  know it does work under Slint, but not under Fedora, Arch or 
>>>>>> Ubuntu.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe the kernel you are running in Fedora, Arch or Ubuntu does 
>>>>>> not have a
>>>>>> proper configuration for KVM, read:
>>>>>> https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Tuning_Kernel
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In Slint the kernel configuration is found in one of these files:
>>>>>> /boot/config-generic-5.14.14.x64
>>>>>> /boot/config-generic-5.14.13
>>>>>> These commands:
>>>>>> cat /proc/cmdline
>>>>>> uname -r
>>>>>> tell you which kernel is running, so you know how it is configured.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, there could be an issue with your qemu version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In Slint at time of writing:
>>>>>> dance[~]$ qemu-system-x86_64 --version
>>>>>> QEMU emulator version 6.0.0
>>>>>> Copyright (c) 2003-2021 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project 
>>>>>> developers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Didier
>
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