I have exactly the same problem. I am using the command qemuctl -boot c -m 1024 -hda '/Windows/c.img' -cdrom '/Windows/Windows XP.iso' -net nic,vlan=0 -net user,vlan=0 -localtime -soundhw sb16 -k fr -std-vga -kernel-kqemu
Without the option -kernel-kqemu I can run it. $ ll /dev/kqemu crw-rw---- 1 root kqemu 10, 63 2008-03-08 23:26 /dev/kqemu And I am of course of the group kqemu ** Attachment added: "trace on the command in the post" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12522508/trace.log -- qemuctl fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/126107 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs