[Bug 1074460] [NEW] kvm: windows xp installation hangs after "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration"

[Jamin W. Collins]

Public bug reported:

Attempting to build a Windows XP virt using KVM results in a black
screen after the familiar "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware
configuration".  No matter how long I wait there is no apparent progress
of any kind and the VM CPU is pegged.

Very similar to: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684288.  However, that report indicates the
problem was fixed upstream in a version prior to what is provided with
12.10.  So, perhaps the problem has reappeared.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: kvm 1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu16+1.2.0+noroms+0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov  2 11:43:17 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2009-12-21 (1046 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
KvmCmdLine: Error: command ['ps', '-C', 'kvm', '-F'] failed with exit code 1: UID        PID  PPID  C    SZ   RSS PSR STIME TTY          TIME CMD
MachineType: LENOVO 2436CTO
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-generic root=/dev/mapper/ssd-root ro vga=792 splash nox2apic crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash
SourcePackage: qemu-kvm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-12 (21 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/25/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: G5ET29WW (1.07 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 2436CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG5ET29WW(1.07):bd05/25/2012:svnLENOVO:pn2436CTO:pvrThinkPadW530:rvnLENOVO:rn2436CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2436CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W530
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

** Affects: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal

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