Bug: automatic reboot winxp hanging on vnc...

Bug: automatic reboot winxp hanging on vnc...

[Thomas Besser]

Hi all,

Once again, I posted this already in march with not uptodate kvm version.
Now we have kvm-69 and the same behavior on debian etch host (self
backported from sid).

We are running an winxp client as kvm guest (with vnc option) all day long
(license management software). So automatic windows updates are activated.

Guest ist started like:
kvm -vnc :0 -usbdevice tablet -usbdevice host:064f:0bd7 -usbdevice
host:0529:0001 -k de -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:50:56:00:08:15 -net
tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap21,script=no -m
256 -localtime -daemonize ./lizenzknecht.raw

On MS patch days steadily the guest hangs on automatic reboot, until one
connect with vnc to it. Instantly and without any user action the reboot
takes place after that.

Any hints to solve this problem?

Thanx in advance
Thomas

Re: Bug: automatic reboot winxp hanging on vnc...

[Avi Kivity]

Thomas Besser wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Once again, I posted this already in march with not uptodate kvm version.
> Now we have kvm-69 and the same behavior on debian etch host (self
> backported from sid).
>
> We are running an winxp client as kvm guest (with vnc option) all day long
> (license management software). So automatic windows updates are activated.
>
> Guest ist started like:
> kvm -vnc :0 -usbdevice tablet -usbdevice host:064f:0bd7 -usbdevice
> host:0529:0001 -k de -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:50:56:00:08:15 -net
> tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap21,script=no -m
> 256 -localtime -daemonize ./lizenzknecht.raw
>
> On MS patch days steadily the guest hangs on automatic reboot, until one
> connect with vnc to it. Instantly and without any user action the reboot
> takes place after that.
>   

This ought to be fixed in kvm-70 (long overdue, but out soon).


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Re: Bug: automatic reboot winxp hanging on vnc...

[Thomas Besser]

Avi Kivity wrote:

> Thomas Besser wrote:
>>
>> On MS patch days steadily the guest hangs on automatic reboot, until one
>> connect with vnc to it. Instantly and without any user action the reboot
>> takes place after that.
>>   
> 
> This ought to be fixed in kvm-70 (long overdue, but out soon).

Ok, I will stay tuned and wait for the new release.

Thomas