From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CWjnS-0001BH-Qi for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:10:07 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CWjnR-0001Am-Ab for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:10:05 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CWjnR-0001Ah-1W for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:10:05 -0500 Received: from [38.113.3.61] (helo=smtp-out.hotpop.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CWjdo-0004qZ-A4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:00:08 -0500 Received: from phreaker.net (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A7139F9017 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:59:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jbrown.mylinuxbox.org (pcp03144805pcs.midval01.tn.comcast.net [68.59.228.236]) by smtp-3.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C9D1205D7C for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:59:53 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:59:13 -0500 From: "Jim C. Brown" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggestion: default to -monitor stdio Message-ID: <20041123225913.GA2857@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> References: <41A37584.3060908@hermes.cam.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41A37584.3060908@hermes.cam.ac.uk> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 05:38:12PM +0000, Richard Neill wrote: > Dear All, > > I've just started using QEMU - and, since this is my first post here, > I'd like to begin by saying thank you very much. > Anyway, just a suggestion: > > I think that the default for -monitor in graphical mode ought to be > stdio. I don't know where "vc" actually goes, but when I launch qemu > from a konsole (in kde), the monitor is unavailable, unless I add the option > > -monitor stdio This used to be the default (in fact, the only version available for the monitor) until 0.6.0 The default was made -monitor vc because in Windows stdio didn't work. It only works in windows if you include windows specific code to attach a console to the process ... which Fabrice choose not to include (but which is in the windows port of qemu i believe). This is annoying for non-windows users of qemu, but at least it is consistent across host OSes this way. You need to do a 'Ctrl-Alt-1' or 'Ctrl-Alt-2' as I recall, to use the VC monitor. -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.