For the seg fault bug I've created the bug 604872. Meanwhile I'll try to reproduce the hang problem with Maverick and upstream Qemu.
-- apt/dpkg in qemu-system-arm hangs if a big task is installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532733 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Invalid Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “qemu-kvm” source package in Lucid: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: qemu-kvm running rootstock and installing ubuntu-netbook^ makes the VM hang in "unpacking iso-codes" this is reproducable every time in rootstock as well as in a standard qemu-system-arm vm that contains a minimal ubuntu with running apt-get install ubuntu-netbook