# KVM Issue - VM have disappeared **URL:** \ **Category:** Bazzite\ **Created:** [May 12, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/kvm-issue-vm-have-disappeared/12161 "2026-05-12T17:04:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Harney](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/john_harney/32/5643_2.png) [@John\_Harney](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/John_Harney)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/kvm-issue-vm-have-disappeared/12161/1 "2026-05-12T17:04:37Z")
Running into an issue with KVM. I went to startup the VM for W11 and it was not on the list of VMs. All Vms are gone from KVM list. After asking Grok i ran the following: sudo ls -lZ /var/lib/libvirt/images/ total 78206840 drwx–x–x. 1 root root system\_u:object\_r:virt\_image\_t:s0 0 Jan 17 13:22 pool-1 -rw-r–r–. 1 107 107 system\_u:object\_r:virt\_image\_t:s0 789645312 Jan 17 13:03 virtio-win-0.1.285.iso -rw-r–r–. 1 107 107 system\_u:object\_r:virt\_image\_t:s0 7736125440 Jan 17 14:02 Win11\_25H2\_English\_x64.iso -rw-------. 1 root root system\_u:object\_r:virt\_image\_t:s0 35508977664 Mar 25 23:11 win11-clone.qcow2 -rw-------. 1 root root system\_u:object\_r:virt\_image\_t:s0 85912715264 Apr 15 18:14 win11.qcow2 I believe this is my missing VM. It still does not appear in the list when I launch KVM. I then ran: sudo systemctl restart libvirtd **Failed to restart libvirtd.service: Unit libvirtd.service not found** Not sure what to do next. Any help would be appreciated. Operating System: Bazzite 44 KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.26.0 Qt Version: 6.10.3 Kernel Version: 6.19.14-ogc2.1.fc44.x86\_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.2 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: Z590 AORUS ULTRA System Version: -CF ---
**Author:** ![ToughDBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@ToughDBlue](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/ToughDBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/kvm-issue-vm-have-disappeared/12161/2 "2026-05-13T01:08:21Z")
I ran into the same issue. QEMU was removed from the Bazzite 44 base image. You can rebase to Bazzite DX or rollback to Bazzite 43. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Harney](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/john_harney/32/5643_2.png) [@John\_Harney](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/John_Harney)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/kvm-issue-vm-have-disappeared/12161/3 "2026-05-13T02:51:03Z")
Thank you, why would they even do that. Been using Bazzite as my daily diver since January, this is the first issue if had. ---
**Author:** ![ToughDBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@ToughDBlue](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/ToughDBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/kvm-issue-vm-have-disappeared/12161/4 "2026-05-13T03:10:27Z")
Here are the major changes: [Bazzite 44 Update](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-44-update/12092) “Images reduced by 1GB thanks to moving in-image QEMU and ROCM to [Bazzite-DX]([https://dev.bazzite.gg/](https://dev.bazzite.gg/)) for users who need them” ---
**Author:** ![celtic945](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@celtic945](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/celtic945)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/kvm-issue-vm-have-disappeared/12161/5 "2026-05-24T02:49:31Z")
Easiest way to fix is to install opencode and just ask it to fix your virtualization. Had the same thing happen and opencode fixed it all and brought back my VMs.