Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1654137] Re: Ctrl-A b not working in 2.8.0

[Marc-André Lureau]

Hi

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 2:46 PM Andreas Gustafsson <address@hidden> wrote:

> I am also seeing this problem.  In case it was not clear from Paul's
> original report, it affects guests using a serial console.
>
> Also, it is not specific to NetBSD.  I can reproduce it using a Linux
> guest on a Linux host, by running the following on a Debian 8 system:
>
>   wget
> http://landley.net/aboriginal/downloads/old/binaries/1.4.5/system-image-i686.tar.gz
>   tar xfz system-image-i686.tar.gz
>   cd system-image-i686
>   sh run-emulator.sh
>
> and typing Control-A b m once the guest has started.
>
> Using qemu 2.1.2, this successfully causes the guest to print a memory
> usage summary.  Using current qemu sources from git
> (dbe2b65566e76d3c3a0c3358285c0336ac61e757), nothing happens.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654137
>
> Title:
>   Ctrl-A b not working in 2.8.0
>
> Status in QEMU:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   With a recent update from 2.7.0 to 2.8.0 I have discovered that I can
>   no longer send a "break" to the VM.  Ctrl-A b is simply ignored.
>   Other Ctrl-A sequences seem to work correctly.
>

It could be related to the chardev changes in 2.8, I am bisecting and
looking at it.

thanks


>   This is on a NetBSD amd64 system, version 7.99.53, and qemu was
>   installed on this system from source.
>
>   Reverting to the previous install restores "break" capability.
>
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Marc-André Lureau