Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of qemu

Timestamp:

04/21/2022 08:42:05 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Tim Tassonis

Comment:

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qemu

@@ -7 +7 @@
 qemu can be built without any graphical environment and run on a server, where the display will be made available by the integrated vnc server.
 
-Building qemu without any graphical environment on a system that has a graphical environment installed seems to be a bit tricky. I was successfull with the following commands:
+Building qemu without any graphical environment on a system that has a graphical environment installed seems to be a bit tricky. I was successful with the following commands:
 {{{
 pathremove $XORG_PREFIX/bin             PATH
@@ -40 +40 @@
 
 
-The port bit of vnc is a bit funny, as the vnc port that you specify on the server is then increased by 5900 by qemu.
+Vnc ports usually start at 5900, so when you define your vnc port for your virtual machine, qemu adds 5900 to it for the real port number. 
 
 The following will work:
@@ -50 +50 @@
 QEMU_LOG_FILE=/tmp/myvm.log
 QEMU_SERVER_VNC_ADDR=192.168.219.5
-QEMU_SERVER_VNC_PORT=5942
+QEMU_SERVER_VNC_PORT=1
 
 nohup /usr/bin/qemu $ALL_YOUR_USUAL_QEMU_OPTIONS_FOR_THIS_VM -vnc $QEMU_SERVER_VNC_ADDR:$QEMU_SERVER_VNC_PORT > $QEMU_LOG_FILE 2>&1 &
 }}}
 
-qemu will then make the display of the vm available on 192.168.219.5:11842
+qemu will then make the display of the vm available on 192.168.219.5:5901
 
 So, on your client desktop, you can then connect to it by:
 
 {{{
-vncviewer 192.168.219.5:11842
-}}}
-
-On hindsight, maybe it would be more clever to specify "2" as the vnc server port and the just call it on 5902....
-
-Anyway, this works quite well for me, of course I have a couple of scripts to manage this easier.
+vncviewer 192.168.219.5:5901
+}}}
+
+