Use the correct qemu emulator based on the architecture. We want to get away from using the old qemu-dm emulator for Xen HVM guests so default to qemu-system-i386. Index: virt-manager-3.0.0/virtinst/guest.py =================================================================== --- virt-manager-3.0.0.orig/virtinst/guest.py +++ virt-manager-3.0.0/virtinst/guest.py @@ -727,6 +727,10 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder): self._add_default_memballoon() self.clock.set_defaults(self) + if self.os.is_hvm() and self.type == "xen": + # Force not using Xen's old qemu-dm + if not self.emulator or "qemu-dm" in self.emulator: + self.emulator = "/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-system-i386" self.cpu.set_defaults(self) self.features.set_defaults(self) for seclabel in self.seclabels: