internal error: qemu unexpectedly closed the monitor, seabios

[MothyTim]

Hi, I have set-up a Win XP VM and I’m getting this error “internal error: qemu unexpectedly closed the monitor” whenever I try and pass through an old ATI AIW X600 PCIe graphics card, the card will pass through fine using OVMF to an Ubuntu VM! It seems to be an issue with Seabios pass through only! The ATI card shows as 2 graphics cards as it has capture and a TV card built in. 

Here’s my XML

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      <model type='virtio'/>
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      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
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    </interface>
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    <serial type='pty'>
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      <target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
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        <model name='isa-serial'/>
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      </target>
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    </serial>
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    <console type='pty'>
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      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
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    </console>
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    <channel type='unix'>
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      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
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      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
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    </channel>
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    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
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      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
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    </input>
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    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
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    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
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    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes' xvga='yes'>
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      <driver name='vfio'/>
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      <source>
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        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x08' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
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      </source>
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      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
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    </hostdev>
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    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
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      <driver name='vfio'/>
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      <source>
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        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
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      </source>
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      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
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    </hostdev>
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    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
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      <source>
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        <vendor id='0x046d'/>
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        <product id='0xc05b'/>
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      </source>
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      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/>
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    </hostdev>
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    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
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      <source>
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        <vendor id='0x1a2c'/>
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        <product id='0x0c21'/>
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      </source>
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      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='3'/>
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    </hostdev>
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    <memballoon model='none'/>
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  </devices>
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</domain>
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IOMMU groups acs overrides enabled!

IOMMU group 0:	[8086:3ec2] 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
IOMMU group 1:	[8086:1901] 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
IOMMU group 2:	[8086:3e92] 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop)
IOMMU group 3:	[8086:a379] 00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Thermal Controller (rev 10)
IOMMU group 4:	[8086:a36d] 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller (rev 10)
[8086:a36f] 00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM (rev 10)
IOMMU group 5:	[8086:a360] 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH HECI Controller (rev 10)
IOMMU group 6:	[8086:a352] 00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SATA AHCI Controller (rev 10)
IOMMU group 7:	[8086:a340] 00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #17 (rev f0)
IOMMU group 8:	[8086:a342] 00:1b.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #19 (rev f0)
IOMMU group 9:	[8086:a343] 00:1b.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #20 (rev f0)
IOMMU group 10:	[8086:a338] 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f0)
IOMMU group 11:	[8086:a33a] 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev f0)
IOMMU group 12:	[8086:a33b] 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev f0)
IOMMU group 13:	[8086:a33c] 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f0)
IOMMU group 14:	[8086:a330] 00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0)
IOMMU group 15:	[8086:a305] 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z390 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 10)
[8086:a348] 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH cAVS (rev 10)
[8086:a323] 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SMBus Controller (rev 10)
[8086:a324] 00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SPI Controller (rev 10)
IOMMU group 16:	[10de:1c81] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050] (rev a1)
[10de:0fb9] 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
IOMMU group 17:	[1106:3403] 03:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller
IOMMU group 18:	[10ec:8168] 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
IOMMU group 19:	[10ec:8168] 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 16)
IOMMU group 20:	[1095:3132] 07:00.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller (rev 01)
IOMMU group 21:	[1002:5b62] 08:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV370 [Radeon X600/X600 SE]
[1002:5b72] 08:00.1 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV380 [Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series] (Secondary)

The Win XP VM boots fine using VNC. 

 

Hoping someone has some ideas?

cheers,

Tim

[testdasi]

Try dumping the GPU BIOS (search for video on Youtube from SpaceInvaderOne - you probably will be able to find it in the VM forum too).

 

But usually if doesn't with seabios, there is nothing else but to try an OS that support UEFI booting.

[MothyTim]

14 hours ago, testdasi said:

Try dumping the GPU BIOS (search for video on Youtube from SpaceInvaderOne - you probably will be able to find it in the VM forum too).

 

But usually if doesn't with seabios, there is nothing else but to try an OS that support UEFI booting.

Ok tried dumping the GPU BIOS but got an input/output error! So tried downloading from Techpowerup.com but still get the same error!

 

Here's my syslinux in case that helps.

 

[MothyTim]

I've attached my log file, there are loads of errors in there! Not sure if they're related to this or something else?

tower-syslog-20190619-1324.zip

[MothyTim]

This is the part of the log relating to the failed start of the VM!

 

Jun 19 14:59:58 Tower kernel: vfio-pci 0000:08:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=none
Jun 19 14:59:58 Tower kernel: br0: port 3(vnet1) entered blocking state
Jun 19 14:59:58 Tower kernel: br0: port 3(vnet1) entered disabled state
Jun 19 14:59:58 Tower kernel: device vnet1 entered promiscuous mode
Jun 19 14:59:58 Tower kernel: br0: port 3(vnet1) entered blocking state
Jun 19 14:59:58 Tower kernel: br0: port 3(vnet1) entered forwarding state
Jun 19 14:59:59 Tower kernel: vfio-pci 0000:08:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
Jun 19 14:59:59 Tower kernel: qemu-system-x86[24486]: segfault at a8 ip 0000563b04d4a9ea sp 00007ffdb3bcb010 error 4 in qemu-system-x86_64[563b04ce2000+4cc000]
Jun 19 14:59:59 Tower kernel: Code: f9 ff 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 55 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 08 48 8b 6f 58 e8 1e dd ff ff 48 89 df e8 76 e9 ff ff <48> 8b 85 a8 00 00 00 48 85 c0 74 2e 8b 93 a0 00 00 00 39 90 a0 00
Jun 19 14:59:59 Tower kernel: br0: port 3(vnet1) entered disabled state
Jun 19 14:59:59 Tower kernel: device vnet1 left promiscuous mode
Jun 19 14:59:59 Tower kernel: br0: port 3(vnet1) entered disabled state
Jun 19 14:59:59 Tower kernel: vfio-pci 0000:08:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=none

 

[MothyTim]

I have tried booting Unraid legacy and that has made no difference. I don’t think it going to work, it’s a shame but not the end of the world just would have been nice for a couple of things! It is strange the a card from 2005 works happily in OVMF as it doesn’t support UEFI! 

 

I also tried booting into Windows baremetal and dumping the BIOS with GPU-Z but that says that the card doesn’t support reading bios!

 

Anyone know anything else I can try?

cheers,

Tim