Unable to define, create or start a Virtual Machine using spice or qxl in RHEL 9 KVM
Issue
- After upgrading from RHEL 8 to 9, some Virtual Machines fails to start.
- Cannot provision new Virtual Machines in RHEL 9 using spice.
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Trying to create a Virtual Machine with virt-install using spice graphics fails with:
# virt-install [...] --graphics spice ERROR unsupported configuration: domain configuration does not support video model 'qxl'
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Trying to create a Virtual Machine with virt-install using spice graphics and vga display fails with:
# virt-install [...] --graphics spice --video vga ERROR unsupported configuration: spice graphics are not supported with this QEMU
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Trying to define, edit or start a Virtual Machine with spice graphics fails with:
error: unsupported configuration: spice graphics are not supported with this QEMU
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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