Prep done, tested from ppa working as intended on Zesty as well.
# systemctl status qemu-kvm ● qemu-kvm.service - QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/qemu-kvm.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) root@zesty-test:~# apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: qemu-block-extra qemu-kvm qemu-system-common qemu-system-x86 qemu-utils 5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 6208 kB of archives. After this operation, 2048 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/2992/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 qemu-system-common amd64 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6 [450 kB] Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/2992/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 qemu-utils amd64 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6 [934 kB] Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/2992/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 qemu-block-extra amd64 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6 [38.7 kB] Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/2992/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 qemu-kvm amd64 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6 [13.2 kB] Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/2992/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 qemu-system-x86 amd64 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6 [4772 kB] Fetched 6208 kB in 1s (3280 kB/s) (Reading database ... 46724 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../qemu-system-common_1%3a2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-system-common (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) over (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.5) ... Preparing to unpack .../qemu-utils_1%3a2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-utils (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) over (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.5) ... Preparing to unpack .../qemu-block-extra_1%3a2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-block-extra:amd64 (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) over (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.5) ... Preparing to unpack .../qemu-kvm_1%3a2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-kvm (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) over (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.5) ... Preparing to unpack .../qemu-system-x86_1%3a2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-system-x86 (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) over (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.5) ... Setting up qemu-block-extra:amd64 (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) ... Setting up qemu-utils (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Setting up qemu-system-common (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/qemu-kvm.service → /lib/systemd/system/qemu-kvm.service. Setting up qemu-system-x86 (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) ... Setting up qemu-kvm (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) ... root@zesty-test:~# systemctl status qemu-kvm ● qemu-kvm.service - QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/qemu-kvm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Tue 2017-10-17 10:48:15 UTC; 5s ago Process: 12329 ExecStart=/usr/share/qemu/init/qemu-kvm-init start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 12329 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CPU: 18ms
Oct 17 10:48:15 zesty-test systemd[1]: Starting QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages... Oct 17 10:48:15 zesty-test systemd[1]: Started QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages.
Prep done, tested from ppa working as intended on Zesty as well.
# systemctl status qemu-kvm system/ qemu-kvm. service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) ppa.launchpad. net/ci- train-ppa- service/ 2992/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 qemu-system-common amd64 1:2.8+dfsg- 3ubuntu2. 6 [450 kB] ppa.launchpad. net/ci- train-ppa- service/ 2992/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 qemu-utils amd64 1:2.8+dfsg- 3ubuntu2. 6 [934 kB] ppa.launchpad. net/ci- train-ppa- service/ 2992/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 qemu-block-extra amd64 1:2.8+dfsg- 3ubuntu2. 6 [38.7 kB] ppa.launchpad. net/ci- train-ppa- service/ 2992/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 qemu-kvm amd64 1:2.8+dfsg- 3ubuntu2. 6 [13.2 kB] ppa.launchpad. net/ci- train-ppa- service/ 2992/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 qemu-system-x86 amd64 1:2.8+dfsg- 3ubuntu2. 6 [4772 kB] system- common_ 1%3a2.8+ dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6_amd64. deb ... dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6) over (1:2.8+ dfsg-3ubuntu2. 5) ... utils_1% 3a2.8+dfsg- 3ubuntu2. 6_amd64. deb ... dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6) over (1:2.8+ dfsg-3ubuntu2. 5) ... block-extra_ 1%3a2.8+ dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6_amd64. deb ... extra:amd64 (1:2.8+ dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6) over (1:2.8+ dfsg-3ubuntu2. 5) ... kvm_1%3a2. 8+dfsg- 3ubuntu2. 6_amd64. deb ... dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6) over (1:2.8+ dfsg-3ubuntu2. 5) ... system- x86_1%3a2. 8+dfsg- 3ubuntu2. 6_amd64. deb ... dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6) over (1:2.8+ dfsg-3ubuntu2. 5) ... extra:amd64 (1:2.8+ dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6) ... dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6) ... dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6) ... system/ multi-user. target. wants/qemu- kvm.service → /lib/systemd/ system/ qemu-kvm. service. dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6) ... dfsg-3ubuntu2. 6) ... system/ qemu-kvm. service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) /usr/share/ qemu/init/ qemu-kvm- init start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
● qemu-kvm.service - QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: inactive (dead)
root@zesty-test:~# apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
qemu-block-extra qemu-kvm qemu-system-common qemu-system-x86 qemu-utils
5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 6208 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2048 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
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Fetched 6208 kB in 1s (3280 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 46724 files and directories currently installed.)
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Unpacking qemu-kvm (1:2.8+
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Unpacking qemu-system-x86 (1:2.8+
Setting up qemu-block-
Setting up qemu-utils (1:2.8+
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Setting up qemu-system-common (1:2.8+
Created symlink /etc/systemd/
Setting up qemu-system-x86 (1:2.8+
Setting up qemu-kvm (1:2.8+
root@zesty-test:~# systemctl status qemu-kvm
● qemu-kvm.service - QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: active (exited) since Tue 2017-10-17 10:48:15 UTC; 5s ago
Process: 12329 ExecStart=
Main PID: 12329 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 18ms
Oct 17 10:48:15 zesty-test systemd[1]: Starting QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages...
Oct 17 10:48:15 zesty-test systemd[1]: Started QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages.