In case it's any help, I tried removing --qemu-options=-enable-kvm --cpus=8 --ram-size=8192, but it made no difference. To obtain the base image, this is how:
$ autopkgtest-buildvm-ubuntu-cloud --verbose -r noble -a amd64 --cloud- image-url http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/daily/server -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2056461 Title: autopkgtest-virt-qemu on noble images sometimes hangs doing copydown To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/2056461/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs