lj3954
commented
10 months ago macOS doesn't appear to ship with xdg-user-dir, which is used by quickemu to find the public directory (usually ~/Public). Following this, it checks whether the directory exists, ignoring whether or not the variable is set. Specifically, line 1790 could be changed to if [ ! -d "${PUBLIC}" ] && [ -n "${PUBLIC}" ]; then. See if this change resolves the issue.
Alternatively, you could compile and manually install xdg-user-dir.
flexiondotorg
Expected behaviour
I know macOS is a WIP, just making sure this is expected actually or if I need to do some kind of work around. Version and hardware at the bottom of this post.
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04.conf to start the VM
Actual behaviour
Fails to start, doesn't know where the directory is
Steps to reproduce the behaviour
(more output)
`➜ quickemu-4.9.2 ls ubuntu-22.04 ubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso
➜ quickemu-4.9.2 cat ubuntu-22.04.conf
!/Users/colin.hughes/quickemu-4.9.2/quickemu --vm
guest_os="linux" disk_img="ubuntu-22.04/disk.qcow2" iso="ubuntu-22.04/ubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso" ➜ quickemu-4.9.2 `
Quickemu output
`➜ quickemu-4.9.2 quickemu
Usage quickemu --vm ubuntu.conf
You can also pass optional parameters --access : Enable remote spice access support. 'local' (default), 'remote', 'clientipaddress' --braille : Enable braille support. Requires SDL. --delete-disk : Delete the disk image and EFI variables --delete-vm : Delete the entire VM and it's configuration --display : Select display backend. 'sdl' (default), 'gtk', 'none', 'spice' or 'spice-app' --fullscreen : Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit) --ignore-msrs-always : Configure KVM to always ignore unhandled machine-specific registers --screen : Use specified screen to determine the window size.
--screenpct : Percent of fullscreen for VM if --fullscreen is not specified.
--shortcut : Create a desktop shortcut
--snapshot apply : Apply/restore a snapshot.
--snapshot create : Create a snapshot.
--snapshot delete : Delete a snapshot.
--snapshot info : Show disk/snapshot info.
--status-quo : Do not commit any changes to disk/snapshot.
--viewer : Choose an alternative viewer. @Options: 'spicy' (default), 'remote-viewer', 'none'
--ssh-port : Set ssh-port manually
--spice-port : Set spice-port manually
--public-dir : Expose share directory. @Options: '' (default: xdg-user-dir PUBLICSHARE), '', 'none'
--monitor : Set monitor connection type. @Options: 'socket' (default), 'telnet', 'none'
--monitor-telnet-host <ip/host> : Set telnet host for monitor. (default: 'localhost')
--monitor-telnet-port : Set telnet port for monitor. (default: '4440')
--monitor-cmd : Send command to monitor if available. (Example: system_powerdown)
--serial : Set serial connection type. @Options: 'socket' (default), 'telnet', 'none'
--serial-telnet-host <ip/host> : Set telnet host for serial. (default: 'localhost')
--serial-telnet-port : Set telnet port for serial. (default: '6660')
--keyboard : Set keyboard. @Options: 'usb' (default), 'ps2', 'virtio'
--keyboard_layout : Set keyboard layout.
--mouse : Set mouse. @Options: 'tablet' (default), 'ps2', 'usb', 'virtio'
--usb-controller : Set usb-controller. @Options: 'ehci' (default), 'xhci', 'none'
--sound-card : Set sound card. @Options: 'intel-hda' (default), 'ac97', 'es1370', 'sb16', 'none'
--extra_args : Pass additional arguments to qemu
--version : Print version`
`➜ quickemu-4.9.2 quickget ERROR! You must specify an operating system.
Operating Systems: alma alpine android antix archlinux archcraft arcolinux batocera blendos bodhi bunsenlabs cachyos centos-stream debian deepin devuan dragonflybsd easyos edubuntu elementary endeavouros endless fedora freebsd freedos garuda gentoo ghostbsd haiku holoiso kali kdeneon kolibrios kubuntu linuxlite linuxmint lmde mageia manjaro mxlinux netboot netbsd nixos lubuntu macos openbsd openindiana opensuse oraclelinux peppermint popos porteus reactos rebornos rockylinux siduction slackware solus spiral tails tinycore trisquel truenas-core truenas-scale ubuntu ubuntu-budgie ubuntucinnamon ubuntukylin ubuntu-mate ubuntu-server ubuntustudio ubuntu-unity vanillaos void vxlinux windows xerolinux xubuntu zorin
➜ quickemu-4.9.2 `
Linux Distribution & Kernel
macOS Sonoma 14.3,
➜ quickemu-4.9.2 uname -a Darwin Colins-MacBook-Pro-2.local 23.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.3.0: Wed Dec 20 21:31:00 PST 2023; root:xnu-10002.81.5~7/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020 arm64Hardware = 16-inch MBP running M2 Max with 32 GB of RAM