Can't start with ubuntu's latest QEMU
See original GitHub issueI’m on the latest ubuntu 18.04.3 with the QEMU installed from apt. When I start arm_now, the error message is shown below:
qemu-system-arm: -nic: invalid option
My QEMU version:
(arm_now) ~/tmp ᐅ qemu-system-arm -version
QEMU emulator version 2.11.1(Debian 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.15)
Copyright (c) 2003-2017 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
But the -nic option is introduced in QEMU 2.12. See the post here: https://www.qemu.org/2018/05/31/nic-parameter/
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I just changed a line to following and seems to start ok: $ cat ./.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arm_now/arm_now.py | grep nic args = [“-net nic -net user”]
Try this:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1067722/how-do-i-install-qemu-3-0-on-ubuntu-18-04