Same issue, also on Intel machine with 32-bit Meerkat host and Meerkat guest.
Installation with 32-bit Ubuntu 10.10 iso worked just fine, but after the VM reboot, the guest machine displays the Grub menu (and stays there, does not seem to time-out as expected) while CPU of the host goes to 100%. Selecting the first item on the menu does not boot the VM: virt-manager just displays a black screen (I've tried to boot the VM with options like vga=771, nosplash etc, removed "quiet", different driver) but nothing seems to work. Host: 2.6.35-23-generic-pae #41-Ubuntu SMP i686 (also on 2.6.35-22) qemu-kvm-0.12.5 libvirtd (libvirt) 0.8.3 processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5130 @ 2.00GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2000.406 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow bogomips : 4000.81 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: (same for the second CPU) However, the exact same (32-bit) image works just fine on a *64-bit* Ubuntu 10.10, dual CPU 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow bogomips : 3657.46 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to kvm in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681141 Title: kvm 1.84 hangs (host 32 bit meerkat, guest created by vmbuilder) -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs