Re: [libvirt] hvm/x86_64 combination not allowed

>> $ sudo virsh capabilities >> <capabilities> >>   <host> >>     <cpu> >>       <arch>x86_64</arch> >>     </cpu> >>     <migration_features> >>       <live/> >>       <uri_transports> >>         <uri_transport>tcp</uri_transport> >>       </uri_transports> >>     </migration_features> >>   </host> >>   <guest> >>     <os_type>hvm</os_type> >>     <arch name='i686'> >>       <wordsize>32</wordsize> >>       <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator> >>       <machine>pc-0.11</machine> >>       <machine canonical='pc-0.11'>pc</machine> >>       <machine>pc-0.10</machine> >>       <machine>isapc</machine> >>       <domain type='qemu'> >>       </domain> >>     </arch> >>     <features> >>       <pae/> >>       <nonpae/> >>       <acpi default='on' toggle='yes'/> >>       <apic default='on' toggle='no'/> >>     </features> >>   </guest> >> </capabilities> > > Ok, this confirms your host OS is x86_64, but it only shows a single > guest entry for i386. This is because the 'qemu' binar is the 32-bit > emulator. To make x86_64 guests work, you need to install the > qemu-system-x86_64 binary, or a KVM binary called 'kvm' or 'qemu-kvm'. > > Once those are installed, you should see another <guest> appear in > that capabilities XML Unfortunately, I already have the 64bit emulator installed: $ which qemu-system-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/qemu-* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  217184 Jan 14 14:00 /usr/local/bin/qemu-img -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  229120 Jan 14 14:00 /usr/local/bin/qemu-io -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  210968 Jan 14 14:00 /usr/local/bin/qemu-nbd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2323328 Jan 14 14:01 /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 This was done by building the qemu-kvm-0.12.1.1 package from source. I am able to run this vm just fine using the qemu-system-x86_64 binary.  I've tried rebuilding libvirt several times to make it aware that the proper binaries are installed, but it can't seem to find them for some reason.