Re: [Qemu-devel] virtual machine halting and loosing connections

["Kyle Hubert" <khubert@gmail.com>]

On 3/28/07, Rick Vernam <rickv@hobi.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 March 2007 08:53:42 pm Rick Vernam wrote:
> > On Tuesday 27 March 2007 06:34:04 pm Kyle Hubert wrote:
> > > I've been looking online, but I can't say that I have found the answer
> > > to this yet.
> > >
> > > When using QEMU, I've noticed that if I switch away to a different
> > > virtual desktop on the host OS's WM, then QEMU stops what it is doing.
> > > It's really clear when it's in the middle of a boot, but it always
> > > occurs. This causes havoc since I'm using qemu as an ssh client and
> > > the server I'm connecting to drops me for inactivity. This doesn't
> > > matter if I use keepalive or not.
> >
> > I can say that I do not get this behavior.
> > Host OS is linux, no-frills Xorg, KDE.
> > I start up one of my VMs and switch to different desktop...a minute or so
> > later I'm able to ssh to that VM - after starting it, I never even visited
> > the desktop it's on.
>
> fwiw, I run 64-bit (host) kernel.  all guest stuff is 32 bit.

Thanks, I should specify that I am now running the same configuration,
and I no longer have dropouts. Under 64bit(host) and 64bit(guest), I
had the hanging. I don't understand why, since it had happened during
boot, runtime, or shutdown.

-Kyle