Just updated to qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-1 here, and now when I start a VM I get this: $ qemu-kvm -m 384 -drive file=karmic.img,if=virtio,boot=on -vnc :0 -monitor unix:mon/karmick.sock,server,nowait -daemonize profiling:/home/tobias:Cannot create directory profiling:/home/tobias/Arch/svn/svn-packages/vde2/trunk/src/vde2-2.2.2/src/lib/.libs/libvdeplug.gcda:Skip profiling:/home/tobias:Cannot create directory profiling:/home/tobias/Arch/svn/svn-packages/vde2/trunk/src/vde2-2.2.2/src/common/.libs/cmdparse.gcda:Skip profiling:/home/tobias:Cannot create directory profiling:/home/tobias/Arch/svn/svn-packages/vde2/trunk/src/vde2-2.2.2/src/common/.libs/canonicalize.gcda:Skip profiling:/home/tobias:Cannot create directory profiling:/home/tobias/Arch/svn/svn-packages/vde2/trunk/src/vde2-2.2.2/src/lib/.libs/libvdeplug.gcda:Skip profiling:/home/tobias:Cannot create directory profiling:/home/tobias/Arch/svn/svn-packages/vde2/trunk/src/vde2-2.2.2/src/common/.libs/cmdparse.gcda:Skip profiling:/home/tobias:Cannot create directory profiling:/home/tobias/Arch/svn/svn-packages/vde2/trunk/src/vde2-2.2.2/src/common/.libs/canonicalize.gcda:Skip The VM seems to work fine otherwise. -- damjan