Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: VNC Password

[Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>]

Volkan YAZICI wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com> writes:
>> If you want daemonized instances, and wish to use the monitor, then
>> rather than using '-monitor stdio', it'd be better to have it connect
>> to something like a UNIX socket, eg
>>
>>    -monitor unix:/var/run/qemu/mysock,server
> 
> Excuse my ignorance, but when I use above command, qemu types "QEMU
> waiting for connection on: /var/run/qemu/monitor.preprod" on the command
> line and hangs at that state. Is this something expected?

Yes.  If you don't want that, add ",nowait".

>> -vnc localhost:1,password
> 
> I used "-vnc localhost:1". While I can see qemu-system-x86 listens on
> port 5901
> 
>   $ nc 192.168.1.10 5901
>   (UNKNOWN) [192.168.1.10] 5901 (?) : Connection refused

Try "nc localhost:5001" instead.  Qemu listens on the loopback interface
only if you specify display "localhost:1".  netstat should show that.

cheers,
  Gerd