device: 0.812 network: 0.763 KVM: 0.723 semantic: 0.667 PID: 0.641 socket: 0.586 performance: 0.531 graphic: 0.494 other: 0.480 permissions: 0.429 files: 0.421 boot: 0.414 vnc: 0.387 debug: 0.281 spice is not supported by this qemu build.(ubuntu 12.04) $ kvm -spice port=5900,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing kvm: -spice port=5900,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing: there is no option group "spice" spice is not supported by this qemu build. $ kvm -version QEMU emulator version 1.0 (qemu-kvm-1.0), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. On precise, use the qemu-kvm-spice package.