Hi guys,
I’m on Manjaro ARM 22.08 on the Pinebook Pro, and I’m struggling to figure out how to set up virtualization so I can set up an OpenBSD VM (aarch64, not x86_64).
Here’s the error I get while trying to set up gnome-boxes/qemu:
pacman error
~ $ sudo pacman -S gnome-boxes
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 3 providers available for qemu:
:: Repository extra
1) qemu-base 2) qemu-desktop 3) qemu-full
Enter a number (default=1):
warning: cannot resolve "edk2-ovmf", a dependency of "qemu-system-x86"
warning: cannot resolve "seabios", a dependency of "qemu-system-x86"
warning: cannot resolve "qemu-system-x86", a dependency of "qemu-base"
warning: cannot resolve "qemu", a dependency of "gnome-boxes"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
gnome-boxes
:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N]
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'edk2-ovmf' required by qemu-system-x86
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'seabios' required by qemu-system-x86
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'qemu-system-x86' required by qemu-base
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'qemu' required by gnome-boxes
~ $
I can’t figure out how to get KVM working (I guess it requires qemu?), and the commands on the KVM arch wiki page lead me to believe that the PBP SOC doesn’t have any hardware virtualization?
Is there any way to run a (software) vm on the PBP? It doesn’t have to be fast, I’m just learning a bit of OpenBSD, which is crazy lean.
(I was able to get virt-manager working with LXC, but that doesn’t help me running a different OS.)
Thanks,
Chewie “Aurrrrgh! Grrr!”
inxi system info
$ inxi -Fxxxza --no-host
System:
Kernel: 5.19.1-2-MANJARO-ARM arch: aarch64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
parameters: initrd=/initramfs-linux.img console=ttyS2,1500000
root=LABEL=ROOT_MNJRO rw rootwait quiet splash
plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles
Desktop: i3 v: 4.20.1 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Manjaro ARM base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: ARM System: Pine64 Pinebook Pro details: N/A serial: <filter>
Battery:
ID-1: cw2015-battery charge: 80% condition: N/A volts: 4.0 min: N/A
model: N/A type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: N/A variant-1: cortex-a53 variant-2: cortex-a72 bits: 64
type: MCP AMP arch: ARMv8 family: 8 model-id: 0 stepping: 4
Topology: variant: cpus: 1x cores: 4 min/max: 408/1416 variant: cpus: 1x
cores: 2 min/max: 408/1800 smt: <unsupported> cache: N/A
Speed (MHz): avg: 608 high: 1008 min/max: 408/1416:1800 scaling:
driver: cpufreq-dt governor: schedutil cores: 1: 408 2: 408 3: 408 4: 408
5: 1008 6: 1008 bogomips: N/A
Features: Use -f option to see features
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Branch predictor hardening, BHB
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: display-subsystem driver: rockchip_drm v: N/A bus-ID: N/A
chip-ID: rockchip:display-subsystem class-ID: display-subsystem
Device-2: rk3399-mali driver: panfrost v: kernel bus-ID: N/A
chip-ID: rockchip:ff9a0000 class-ID: gpu
Device-3: Microdia HP Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-1.2:3 chip-ID: 0c45:6321 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev
gpu: cdn-dp,dw-mipi-dsi-rockchip,dwhdmi-rockchip,innohdmi-rockchip,rockchip-dp,rockchip-drm,rockchip-lvds,rockchip-vop,rockchip-vop2
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: 1920x1080
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: simple-audio-card driver: asoc_simple_card bus-ID: N/A
chip-ID: simple-audio-card:es8316-sound class-ID: es8316-sound
Device-2: simple-audio-card driver: N/A bus-ID: N/A
chip-ID: simple-audio-card:hdmi-sound class-ID: hdmi-sound
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.19.1-2-MANJARO-ARM running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
Message: No ARM data found for this feature.
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
IF-ID-2: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: rk3399-uart driver: dw_apb_uart bus-ID: N/A
chip-ID: rockchip:ff180000 class-ID: serial
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 177.49 GiB used: 34.75 GiB (19.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 maj-min: 179:96 vendor: Samsung model: GD4QT
size: 119.25 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD
serial: <filter> scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/mmcblk2 maj-min: 179:0 vendor: SanDisk model: DA4064
size: 58.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 0x8 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 58 GiB size: 57.02 GiB (98.30%) used: 34.71 GiB (60.9%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk2p2 maj-min: 179:2
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 213.6 MiB size: 213.4 MiB (99.89%) used: 44.2 MiB
(20.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk2p1 maj-min: 179:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 80 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 5.67 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 210 Uptime: 30m Memory: 3.78 GiB used: 1.11 GiB (29.3%)
Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 12.1.0 Packages: 1517 pacman: 1514 lib: 322 flatpak: 3 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: lxterminal inxi: 3.3.20