semantic: 0.171 device: 0.140 other: 0.104 PID: 0.091 permissions: 0.070 files: 0.063 network: 0.059 KVM: 0.057 socket: 0.047 vnc: 0.043 performance: 0.043 debug: 0.041 boot: 0.036 graphic: 0.034 KVM: 0.892 network: 0.020 files: 0.014 debug: 0.014 other: 0.013 PID: 0.011 semantic: 0.007 socket: 0.007 device: 0.007 boot: 0.005 permissions: 0.004 performance: 0.003 graphic: 0.003 vnc: 0.001 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.