Public bug reported: I have run a virtual machine over the past three years without problems, but the update to Ubuntu 17.10 broke it: the machine falls into an infinite boot loop.
$ qemu-system-x86_64 --version QEMU emulator version 2.10.1(Debian 1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu3.5) $ sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -usb \ -chardev stdio,id=char0 \ -device usb-host,vendorid=0x056a,productid=0x00c6 \ -device usb-host,vendorid=0x04a9,productid=0x2220 \ -soundhw all \ -m 2048 -cpu core2duo -machine q35 \ -smp 2 \ -device usb-mouse \ -vga std \ -device isa-applesmc,osk="CONFIDENTIAL" \ -smbios type=2 \ -device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,drive=HDD \ -drive id=HDD,if=none,cache=none,file=hdd.img \ -device ide-drive,bus=ide.3,drive=ScrapHDD \ -drive id=ScrapHDD,if=none,cache=none,file=scrap.img \ -netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=tap0,script=no \ -device e1000,netdev=net0,id=nic0,mac=00:aa:00:60:00:01 $ uname -a Linux behemoth 4.13.0-36-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 16 20:07:48 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 17.10 Release: 17.10 Codename: artful ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: qemu-kvm 1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu3.5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-36.40-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Mar 9 10:11:39 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-24 (1231 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) KvmCmdLine: COMMAND STAT EUID RUID PID PPID %CPU COMMAND MachineType: ASUS All Series ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-36-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro acpi_enforce_resources=lax quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: qemu UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2018-03-08 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2501 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2501:bd06/24/2015:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnZ97-PRO(Wi-Fiac):rvrRev1.xx:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: ASUS MB dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS ** Affects: qemu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1754599 Title: qemu-system-x86_64 broken on ubuntu 17.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1754599/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs