#985954 libvirt: [alpha guest] IDE controllers are unsupported for this QEMU binary or machine type

Package:
libvirt0
Source:
libvirt
Description:
library for interfacing with different virtualization systems
Submitter:
Thorsten Glaser
Date:
2021-03-26 18:27:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#985954#5
Date:
2021-03-26 18:23:26 UTC
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To:
libvirt pretends Alpha guests don’t use IDE:

Unable to complete install: 'unsupported configuration: IDE controllers are unsupported for this QEMU binary or machine type'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 65, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py", line 2001, in _do_async_install
    installer.start_install(guest, meter=meter)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 701, in start_install
    domain = self._create_guest(
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 649, in _create_guest
    domain = self.conn.createXML(install_xml or final_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 4366, in createXML
    raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: unsupported configuration: IDE controllers are unsupported for this QEMU binary or machine type

Looking at the Qemu model, however, IDE is the default (and working
when using the command line), whereas SCSI causes trouble (sym0:
unexpected disconnect).