On Sat, 3 Apr 2010, Micha? Król wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm using qemu on linux and with the linux guest. It works fine, but I'd like to be able to enter commands and see the output
> on host console and not in the SDL or VNC window(guest has now gdm - only non graphical mode).
> 
> Refering to the qemu manual option -nographic should make it, but when I add it, I see no output and I can't type anything.
> There's just process in the background.
> 
> I also tried to make it with -chardev socket, but without -nographic option after connecting to socket normall SDL window
> appear and with -nographic option I also can't type anything or see any output.
> 
Hello,

You can use:
-monitor stdio

You can also use the screen command to close the terminal (see a screen 
tutorial).

Works for me at least with VNC.

BTW: Is the console also available through Ctrl-Alt-F2 with VNC?

Thanx.

Ciao,
Gerhard

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