Can't start vms with audio device(SPICE) in pve 7.3 cluster

[mangobowl]

After upgraded my pve cluster from 7.2 to 7.3 recently, I found that vms with audio device(SPICE) can't start.

error log

WARN: no efidisk configured! Using temporary efivars disk.
audio: Could not init `spice' audio driver
TASK ERROR: start failed: QEMU exited with code 1

The package versions

proxmox-ve: 7.3-1 (running kernel: 5.15.85-1-pve)
pve-manager: 7.3-6 (running version: 7.3-6/723bb6ec)
pve-kernel-helper: 7.3-4
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.3-2
pve-kernel-5.15.85-1-pve: 5.15.85-1
pve-kernel-5.15.30-2-pve: 5.15.30-3
ceph: 15.2.17-pve1
ceph-fuse: 15.2.17-pve1
corosync: 3.1.7-pve1
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown2: 3.1.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.24-pve2
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.3
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.3.1-1
libpve-access-control: 7.3-1
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.3-2
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.2-3
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.1-5
libpve-storage-perl: 7.3-2
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 5.0.2-1
lxcfs: 5.0.3-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.3.0-3
proxmox-backup-client: 2.3.3-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.3.3-1
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.1.1-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.5.1-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.5.5
pve-cluster: 7.3-2
pve-container: 4.4-2
pve-docs: 7.3-1
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20220526-1
pve-firewall: 4.2-7
pve-firmware: 3.6-3
pve-ha-manager: 3.5.1
pve-i18n: 2.8-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 7.2.0-5
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
qemu-server: 7.3-3
smartmontools: 7.2-pve3
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.8.0~bpo11+2
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.9-pve1

These vms worked well in pve 7.2 cluster before. Did I miss something after upgrading?

 

[mangobowl]

I found that if I downgrade pve-qemu-kvm package from 7.2.0-5 to 7.1.0-4, the vms will start up normally.

 

[leesteken]

I'm on the exact same Proxmox version (but no cluster and no ceph) and Linux VMs with audio devices (intel-hda, SPICE) work fine.
Maybe report this issue in this thread and show a VM configuration that fails to start?

 

[fiona]

Hi,
I assume you get the audio: Could not init `spice' audio driver message in the VM <ID> - Start task log also when using pve-qemu-kvm=7.1.0-4? Are you using SPICE as the driver for the audio device, but not SPICE display? Did audio work nonetheless with pve-qemu-kvm=7.1.0-4?

 

[mangobowl]

I assume you get the audio: Could not init `spice' audio driver message in the VM <ID> - Start task log also when using pve-qemu-kvm=7.1.0-4?

Yes, The same log appeared but with only warnings.

Are you using SPICE as the driver for the audio device, but not SPICE display?

Yes

Did audio work nonetheless with pve-qemu-kvm=7.1.0-4?

Actually, we don't use audio devices in vms. It's just because our vms are cloned from the same template with spice driver.

 

[fiona]

Yes, The same log appeared but with only warnings.

QEMU 7.2 made this a hard error and I guess in many/most cases it's good for the user to see right away that the audio initialization failed.

Actually, we don't use audio devices in vms. It's just because our vms are cloned from the same template with spice driver.

I'd suggest to just remove the audio device if you are not using it.

 

[mangobowl]

QEMU 7.2 made this a hard error and I guess in many/most cases it's good for the user to see right away that the audio initialization failed.


I'd suggest to just remove the audio device if you are not using it.

So, is there any way to migrate vms to the upgraded nodes(qemu 7.2) without shutting down the vms first? We have a lot of vms waitting for cluster rolling-upgrade, and the vm users doesn‘t accept downtime.

 

[fiona]

So, is there any way to migrate vms to the upgraded nodes(qemu 7.2) without shutting down the vms first? We have a lot of vms waitting for cluster rolling-upgrade, and the vm users doesn‘t accept downtime.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way, because the change to the audio device can't be hotplugged.

 

[Marceldrzal]

Danke
nach dem ich das Audio Gerät entfernt habe geht es wieder