Re: [Qemu-devel] Is anyone able to load a web page from a guest operating system?

[Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>]

On 26.04.2016 22:19, Programmingkid wrote:
> 
> On Apr 26, 2016, at 4:12 PM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> 
>> On 26.04.2016 21:25, Programmingkid wrote:
>>>
>>> On Apr 26, 2016, at 3:00 PM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
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>>>> * Programmingkid (programmingkidx@gmail.com) wrote:
>>>>> My three guest operating systems can't load a web page. I think this is a bug with QEMU. Is there anyone who has the latest revision of QEMU that can access the web from a guest? Or are you experiencing the same problem?
...
>>>> What's the qemu command line you use?
>>> qemu-system-ppc -hda <hd1> -hdb <hd2> -m 512 -boot c -M mac99 -netdev user,id=mynet0 -device usb-net,netdev=mynet0 -cpu 750 -prom-env boot-args=-v -device ich9-usb-uhci1,id=newusb -device usb-audio,bus=newusb.0 
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> qemu-system-ppc -hda <hd1> -hdb <hd2> -m 512 -boot c -M mac99 -netdev user,id=mynet0 -device rtl8139,netdev=mynet0 -cpu 750 -prom-env boot-args=-v -device ich9-usb-uhci1,id=newusb -device usb-audio,bus=newusb.0 
>>
>> Ok, that means you're using user-mode / slirp networking.
>> I just tried it with a pseries guest, and it seems to be working fine
>> for me with the current git version of QEMU (f419a626c76bcb266).
> 
> So you are saying you can view web pages on your guest?

Yes. Linux guest on a Linux host, and I was able to access a web page
from the guest.

>>
>> Now, what kind of host do you use? Mac OS X? 
> Yes. Mac OS 10.6.

Ok, at least not Windows ... because there have been some problems with
Windows recently, which could be the culprit otherwise:

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=3424c8a9c89a3bc0d29ad

>> Also can you determine a revision when it was still working fine for
>> you? (and then maybe even bisect the problem?)
> 
> I will see what I can find out.

Thanks! Bisecting the problem is likely the best way to deal with this...

 Thomas