diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh
index 9ede74a54cd..2af73519bc5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh
@@ -382,6 +382,6 @@ fi
 if [ "$action" = build-vm ]; then
     cat >&2 <<EOF
 
-Done.  The virtual machine can be started by running $(echo $pathToConfig/bin/run-*-vm).
+Done.  The virtual machine can be started by running $(echo $pathToConfig/bin/run-*-vm)
 EOF
 fi
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/install-grub.pl b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/install-grub.pl
index cc03e54ead6..8bd203106f5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/install-grub.pl
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/install-grub.pl
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ sub GrubFs {
                 # Based on the type pull in the identifier from the system
                 my ($status, @devInfo) = runCommand("@utillinux@/bin/blkid -o export @{[$fs->device]}");
                 if ($status != 0) {
-                    die "Failed to get blkid info for @{[$fs->mount]} on @{[$fs->device]}";
+                    die "Failed to get blkid info (returned $status) for @{[$fs->mount]} on @{[$fs->device]}";
                 }
                 my @matches = join("", @devInfo) =~ m/@{[uc $fsIdentifier]}=([^\n]*)/;
                 if ($#matches != 0) {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
index 13d0eb7de5c..3270f1507f9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ in
       networkingOptions =
         mkOption {
           default = [
-            "-net nic,vlan=0,model=virtio"
-            "-net user,vlan=0\${QEMU_NET_OPTS:+,$QEMU_NET_OPTS}"
+            "-net nic,netdev=user.0,model=virtio"
+            "-netdev user,id=user.0,\${QEMU_NET_OPTS:+,$QEMU_NET_OPTS}"
           ];
           type = types.listOf types.str;
           description = ''
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ in
 
     # FIXME: Figure out how to make this work on non-x86
     virtualisation.qemu.options =
-      mkIf (pkgs.stdenv.isi686 || pkgs.stdenv.isx86_64) [ "-vga std" "-usbdevice tablet" ];
+      mkIf (pkgs.stdenv.isi686 || pkgs.stdenv.isx86_64) [ "-vga std" "-usb" "-device usb-tablet,bus=usb-bus.0" ];
 
     # Mount the host filesystem via 9P, and bind-mount the Nix store
     # of the host into our own filesystem.  We use mkVMOverride to