[SOLVED] QEMU exited with code 1

[EllyMae]

I was having a problem with PVE that I couldn't fix, so I reinstalled it. I got the storages back and have all the VMs running except for one. This is what is in syslog:

Mar 19 17:26:03 leghorn pvedaemon[1334]: <root@pam> starting task UPID:leghorn:000100FB:0007AA74:65FA02EB:qmstart:110:root@pam:
Mar 19 17:26:03 leghorn pvedaemon[65787]: start VM 110: UPID:leghorn:000100FB:0007AA74:65FA02EB:qmstart:110:root@pam:
Mar 19 17:26:03 leghorn systemd[1]: Started 110.scope.
Mar 19 17:26:03 leghorn systemd[1]: 110.scope: Deactivated successfully.
Mar 19 17:26:03 leghorn pvedaemon[65787]: start failed: QEMU exited with code 1
Mar 19 17:26:03 leghorn pvedaemon[1334]: <root@pam> end task UPID:leghorn:000100FB:0007AA74:65FA02EB:qmstart:110:root@pam: start failed: QEMU exited with code 1

I don't get any other indications of a problem, except that the VM doesn't start.

Here is the VM config file:

root@leghorn:/etc/pve/qemu-server# cat 110.conf
agent: 1
audio0: device=ich9-intel-hda,driver=spice
balloon: 6144
bios: ovmf
boot: order=scsi0
cores: 4
cpu: host
cpuunits: 75
efidisk0: Zvol:vm-110-disk-2,efitype=4m,pre-enrolled-keys=1,size=1M
machine: q35
memory: 10240
meta: creation-qemu=7.2.0,ctime=1692576549
name: bullwinkle
net0: virtio=56:9A:1F:B8:B0:9D,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
numa: 0
ostype: l26
scsi0: Zvol:vm-110-disk-0,iothread=1,size=50G
scsi1: cryptodata:110/vm-110-disk-0.qcow2,backup=0,iothread=1,size=1250G
scsi2: Zvol:vm-110-disk-1,backup=0,iothread=1,size=1044G
scsihw: virtio-scsi-single
smbios1: uuid=cc54ffc8-5f25-490f-8b50-1c5d30177414
sockets: 1
vga: std
vmgenid: 08203206-e1cf-4d5c-b238-da756557f51a

I've looked at several other threads that have this error, and tried a few of the workarounds. None have worked, and there don't seem to be any that are an exact match.

 

[leesteken]

audio0: device=ich9-intel-hda,driver=spice
vga: std

Since some recent Proxmox/QEMU version, you need to select SPICE (vga: qxl) for the VM Display when using audio via SPICE.

EDIT: The alternative is removing the virtual audio device. It depends on what you want with the VM (SPICE + audio or standard VGA without audio).

 

[EllyMae]

I ended up restoring the VM from a backup.