Re: kvm-18 breaks Cisco VPN on WinXP SP1

Avi Kivity
2007-03-28T07:12:32Z

Leslie Mann wrote:
>>> kvm-18 has broken use of Cisco VPN client on WinXP SP1 running on a FC6
>>> 2.6.19-1.2911 client, Intel Core Duo system. I have been running
>>> successfully from kvm-11 thru kvm-17 without issue. After upgrading to
>>> kvm-18 any attempts to connect the VPN client result in an unresponsive
>>> X11 session (still can exit with ctrl-alt-bksp). Reverting to the
>>> kvm-17 modules works fine.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot or fix?
>>>
>>>
>> Is there anything in dmesg?
>>
>>
>
>
> Nope. After a bit more review it appears that only qemu is hung. I can switch
> to a console and back but can't release input from qemu.
>
>

Can you run qemu under strace -ttT? Be prepared for a long log.

Also, checking with the -no-kvm option is worthwhile.

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