On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 4:18 AM Alexander V. Makartsev <avbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03.10.2024 05:14, Gary Dale wrote: > > I'm running Debian/Stable on an AMD64 system. I have a number of kvm/qemu > virtual machines running on it, including Home Assistant and a Samba DC, > along with multiple Windows VMs. Most of them are working fine. > > However I found a need to fire up an old Windows XP VM but I can't get it > to start. I'm using virt-manager to do this on my Debian/Testing > workstation, connecting to the VMs on the Debian/Stable server. When I open > the VM (using the virt-manager gui) I get the error: > > host does not support domain type kvm with machine "pc-0.12' for > virtualization type 'hvm' with architecture 'x86_64' > > I have two Windows XP VMs - 32bit and 64bit - and they both give the same > message. > > I haven't tried using the Windows XP VMs in years, so I have no idea when > the problem originated. I do know at one point they worked. > > Any ideas on what's going wrong and how to fix it? > > I vaguely remember an error message like this. I think it was because a > module "pc-0.12" was either renamed or deprecated. > You can edit VM (domain) configuration described in xml directly using > virt-manager. > To make it happen you need to enable this function in Preferences menu ( > Edit >> Preferences >> Enable XML Editing ). > > Now, if you open hardware details of your VM, there will be an extra tab > called "XML". > Select "Overview" from the hardware list and click on "XML" tab. > > Look for a string that looks like this: > <type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-0.12">hvm</type> > > And change it to: > <type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-i440fx-3.1">hvm</type> > My machines in Trixie are: <type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-q35-9.0">hvm</type> > Click Apply button to save changes and try to start VM again. > > > -- > > With kindest regards, Alexander. > > Debian - The universal operating system > https://www.debian.org > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
