TestDrive

Loading kvm module failed on installation

Bug #494632 reported by flrtx
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
TestDrive
Fix Released
Wishlist
Dustin Kirkland 
testdrive (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Dustin Kirkland 

Bug Description

I wanted to install Test Drive on my Ubuntu 9.10 system and something went wrong. Apparently, loading the kvm module failed.

Here's the log:
:~$ sudo aptitude install testdrive
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Lese Status-Informationen ein... Fertig
Lese erweiterte Statusinformationen
Initialisiere Paketstatus... Fertig
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden zusätzlich installiert:
  bridge-utils{a} qemu-kvm{a} testdrive zsync{a}
0 Pakete aktualisiert, 4 zusätzlich installiert, 0 werden entfernt und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Muss 2.985kB an Archiven herunterladen. Nach dem Entpacken werden 8.397kB zusätzlich belegt sein.
Wollen Sie fortsetzen? [Y/n/?] y
Schreibe erweiterte Statusinformationen... Fertig
Hole:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main bridge-utils 1.4-5 [32,7kB]
Hole:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main testdrive 1.14-0ubuntu1~ppa4 [25,3kB]
Hole:3 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main qemu-kvm 0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3 [2.814kB]
Hole:4 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe zsync 0.6-1ubuntu4 [113kB]
2.985kB wurden in 15s heruntergeladen (188kB/s)
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket bridge-utils.
(Lese Datenbank ... 206918 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Entpacke bridge-utils (aus .../bridge-utils_1.4-5_amd64.deb) ...
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket qemu-kvm.
Entpacke qemu-kvm (aus .../qemu-kvm_0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3_amd64.deb) ...
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket testdrive.
Entpacke testdrive (aus .../testdrive_1.14-0ubuntu1~ppa4_all.deb) ...
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket zsync.
Entpacke zsync (aus .../zsync_0.6-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ...
Verarbeite Trigger für man-db ...
Verarbeite Trigger für ureadahead ...
Verarbeite Trigger für desktop-file-utils ...
Richte bridge-utils ein (1.4-5) ...

Richte qemu-kvm ein (0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3) ...
update-rc.d: warning: qemu-kvm stop runlevel arguments (0 1 6) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (1)
 * Loading kvm module [fail]

Richte testdrive ein (1.14-0ubuntu1~ppa4) ...
Richte zsync ein (0.6-1ubuntu4) ...
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Lese Status-Informationen ein... Fertig
Lese erweiterte Statusinformationen
Initialisiere Paketstatus... Fertig
Schreibe erweiterte Statusinformationen... Fertig

If I start Test Drive and hit one for booting the desktop iso, the terminal window closes withouth any notification.

If I launch Test Drive from the command line, it tells me to install either KVM or VirtualBox.

The problem seems to be somewhere in the way Test Drive starts KVM, right?

See original description
flrtx (fltrx)
description: updated
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flrtx (fltrx) wrote :

I now read the you have to have some sort of special cpu for KVM to work and I don't seem the have one. At least, 'grep -E '^flags.*\b(vmx|svm)\b' /proc/cpuinfo' returns no output.

If I get the problem right, the bug is that Test Drive doesn't check whether my cpu is KVM enabled or not before installing KVM, right?

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote : Re: [Bug 494632] Re: Loading kvm module failed on installation

Correct. The package installation doesn't check your hardware capability.

However, you can still run testdrive using VirtualBox instead, even if
you don't have a virtualization-capable CPU.

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose

:-Dustin

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flrtx (fltrx) wrote :

Are you planning to add such a check? It would be much easier for users like me that don't know anything about virtualization.

Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)
Changed in testdrive:
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in testdrive (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in testdrive:
assignee: nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
Changed in testdrive (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)
Changed in testdrive:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package testdrive - 1.15-0ubuntu1

---------------
testdrive (1.15-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * testdrive:
    - improve the copy-and-paste instructions for installing kvm or
      virtualbox, LP: #494632
    - show the kvm-ok output, if VIRT=kvm and !kvm-ok, LP: #495746
 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:48:50 -0600

Changed in testdrive (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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