Ok so if I'm following this right there are two issues: 1. the bug reporter is using a powervm partition. KVM cannot be used there. This is not a KVM bug.
2. the xenial cloud images have an outdated 4.2 kernel which doesn't boot in kvm on powernv. A workaround is to use the isos which do boot. This is a cloud-images bug. AFAICS there is no qemu bug here, so marking invalid for that package. ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563887 Title: qemu-system-ppc64 freezes on starting image on ppc64le To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1563887/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs