Unable to run quickemu - audiodev invalid option error

Hi, I'm trying to run quickemu as per the (excellent, if I may add) guide by @Norbert_X.

When I run the command, I get some 'audiodev invalid option' error. Error msg given below.

Starting ../umate.conf
 - QEMU:     /snap/bin/qemu-virgil v3.0.50
 - BOOT:     Legacy BIOS
 -           EFI Booting requested but no EFI firmware found.
 - Guest:    Linux optimised
 - Disk:     /home/sai/Downloads/ISOs/hirsute-desktop-amd64.qcow2 (15G)
             Just created, booting from /home/sai/Downloads/ISOs/UMate/hirsute-desktop-amd64.iso
 - Boot:     /home/sai/Downloads/ISOs/UMate/hirsute-desktop-amd64.iso
 - CPU:      1 Core(s)
 - RAM:      2G
 - Screen:   1152x648
 - Video:    virtio-vga
 - GL:       ON
 - Virgil3D: ON
 - Display:  SDL
 - smbd:     /home/sai will not be exported to the guest. 'smbd' not found.
 - ssh:      22222/tcp is connected. Login via 'ssh user@localhost -p 22222'
 - PORTS:    Port forwards requested:
              - 8123 => 8123
              - 8888 => 80
qemu-system-x86_64: -audiodev: invalid option

My current conf file is below.

boot="efi"
guest_os="linux"
iso="/home/sai/Downloads/ISOs/UMate/hirsute-desktop-amd64.iso"
disk_img="/home/sai/Downloads/ISOs/hirsute-desktop-amd64.qcow2"
disk=15G
port_forwards=("8123:8123" "8888:80")

I changed boot option from efi to legacy but no luck.

Following is my system specs.

sai@hirsute:~$ inxi -ACDMNSG
System:    Host: hirsute Kernel: 5.10.0-14-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: MATE 1.24.1 Distro: Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-bs0xx v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required> 
           Mobo: HP model: 8320 v: 19.16 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: F.30 date: 11/07/2017 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N3060 bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
           Speed: 480 MHz min/max: 480/2480 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 480 2: 534 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Device-2: Chicony HP Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 400 (BSW) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.4 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series High Definition Audio 
           driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-14-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 
           Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 655.95 GiB used: 90.27 GiB (13.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: HM641JI size: 596.17 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Generic model: SD MMC MS PRO size: 59.78 GiB  

What could be the issue? If you need any other logs/command outputs, please let me know.

For me it seems that yours qemu-virgil * v3.0.50* is outdated.

Try to upgrade it to the newest 4.2.0 version by

snap refresh
snap install qemu-virgil --edge

and retry.

On my Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS I have qemu-virgil at version 4.2.0 and it works normally.

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Well, that did the trick. Thank you so much @Norbert_X :pray:

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