Do you get any output on the console where you ran the kvm command? If you run kvm with "-vnc :1" and then run "gvncviewer localhost:1", does that work better?
Assuming it still breaks under vnc, then, again using gvncviewer, at the top left you can choose "send key -> ctrl-alt-f2". Please do that, then look at the end of /var/log/syslog. Is anything interesting there? Which window manager are you using on the host? (I vaguely recall the SDL library in the past has had some trouble in certain window managers) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448985 Title: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 14.10, 15.04 guests do not boot to Unity from QEMU- KVM Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 14.10, 15.04 hosts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1448985/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs