From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DCufv-0004zy-31 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 02:16:39 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DCufs-0004yT-Qk for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 02:16:37 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DCufr-0004xY-Ub for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 02:16:35 -0500 Received: from [217.72.192.226] (helo=smtp08.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1DCuPs-0002Mi-NV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 02:00:05 -0500 Received: from [80.133.42.141] (helo=[192.168.178.20]) by smtp08.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (WEB.DE 4.104 #268) id 1DCuPq-0004Bx-00 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:00:02 +0100 Message-ID: <423D1FB0.40905@web.de> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:01:04 +0100 From: Robin Pfeifer MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu problem (you might be my last resort) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: robinpfeifer@web.de 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 I have changed my subscription address as no post of this thread made it through the damn spam guard of my provider's. Maybe I shouldn't have used 'last resort' in the topic line... Anyway: Jim C. Brown wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 10:10:16AM +0100, Robin Pfeifer wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:06:22PM +0100, Robin Pfeifer wrote: > >> When I start qemu with the following command: > >> > >> qemu -cdrom /dev/cdrom -boot d -snapshot -m 256 > >> > >> with any bootable CD in the drive, I only get a qemu window with the > >> tile 'qemu stopped'. I cannot get into the monitor by pressing ctrl + > >> alt + 2 or do anything else except ctrl + c in the terminal where I > >> started qemu to cancel it. > > Out of curiosity, does it work if you use an iso image instead of > /dev/cdrom? No, it doesn't, the same error appears. > If you "-boot a" from a floppy disk image, will that work or does it have the > same error? (You can download a FreeDOS boot disk if u don't have a way to > get a bootable floppy disk image). That's very strange, booting from a floppy works. > >> > >> The command used to work perfectly with various versions of qemu, but > >> now doesn't anymore. I've tried CVS versions after 0.6.1 stopped > >> working, but to no avail. > >> > > Does using older versions of qemu work? (Sorry if I'm asking questions > that > you have already answered but I don't remember the original email). I haven't tried older versions than 0.6.1, but that used to work before I tried -m 350. Then I upgraded my RAM, tried the new parameter, and that was it. I also tried removing the RAM again, in case there was something wrong with it, but that didn't change anything. > > >> > >> At first only my user ID had the problem, and root worked - but then I > >> tried the -m 350 parameter with root, too, (not thinking, at the time, > >> that it could be the cause of the problem) and since then, root hasn't > >> been able to use qemu anymore either. > > >if u add a new user, can that user use qemu (provided you don't try > "-m 350") ? > > No, I tried that yesterday, but a new user gets the same error. Root > used not to get it when the user already did, but after using -m 350 > with root, it no longer worked for root either. > > This is the most confusing thing of all. Stefan Kisdaroczi wrote: > Did you try to set "-L" ? > -L path // set the directory for the BIOS and VGA BIOS No, I didn't try that. This parameter isn't in the qemu manpage, is it? What am I supposed to use as directory? Robin