From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ef990-0004I5-83 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:55:38 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ef98y-0004Ep-3v for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:55:37 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ef98x-0004EX-V6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:55:36 -0500 Received: from [81.187.81.51] (helo=smtp.aaisp.net.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1Ef98y-0000Ve-2R for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:55:36 -0500 Received: from [81.187.40.226] (helo=[81.187.40.226]) by smtp.aaisp.net.uk with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1Ef98u-0007Kj-W1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:55:33 +0000 Message-ID: <438547C4.5090701@hermes.cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:55:32 +0000 From: Richard Neill MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: user-net -redir working? 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 [thread edited for brevity] > > > > I think that -redir really is broken: I've also been unsuccessful in > > trying to make it work using an FTP server on a Windows guest, and using > > the SSH server on a knoppix guest. Has anyone here ever had success with > > it? It also fails on hosts with 2 different versions of Mandrake. > [solution: use an IP address which isn't localhost, eg that of eth0] > 3)Document this on the website as a known bug, so Google can find it. > Currently, anyone using an earlier version will just think that qemu is > broken. It hasn't worked since at least 0.6.1, although I can't tell you > about earlier versions. > It should be google-able. At least I remember posting to > the list about 8 months ago on this exact issue, and then > posted how I fixed it. (IIRC). Unfortunately, searching for "qemu redir" or "qemu redir broken" leads mainly to copies of the manual, and to a couple of unanswered threads about people with the same problem. Can I suggest that this should be mentioned on this page: http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html Thanks once again for your help, Richard