ciao Alberto, > -monitor telnet::[port],server,nowait ok > For interactive control I use telnet: > $ telnet localhost [port] ok, it works, thank you > To send commands through a script, I use netcat: > echo "system_powerdown" | netcat -T -c localhost [port] no, it doesn't work :-( $ while : ; do echo "info name" | netcat -T lowdelay -C \ 127.0.0.1 10101 ; sleep 1 ; done ��������QEMU 0.9.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) info name��������QEMU 0.9.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) info name��������QEMU 0.9.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) info name��������QEMU 0.9.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) info name��������QEMU 0.9.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) info name��������QEMU 0.9.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) info name��������QEMU 0.9.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) info name��������QEMU 0.9.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information command line: (kvm-82, ubuntu 8.10 2.6.27-9-server x86_64) /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name marco \ -vnc :10 -monitor telnet:127.0.0.1:10101,server,nowait \ -cpu qemu64 -m 512 -smp 1 -vga std \ -drive file=/dev/mapper/vm-vm_marco,if=virtio,cache=off,boot=on\ -k it -usb -usbdevice tablet -localtime -daemonize \ -net nic,vlan=1,model=e1000,macaddr=52:10:11:01:01:01 \ -net vde,vlan=1,sock=/var/run/vde2/kvm1_vde.ctl \ -net nic,vlan=2,model=virtio,macaddr=52:10:11:02:01:01 \ -net vde,vlan=2,sock=/var/run/vde2/kvm2_vde.ctl \ -pidfile /home/vm/marco/marco.pid do you know/understand why it doesn't works for me? > I also have a PHP script that opens a socket connection to the telnet port, > sends the command, and parses the output for errors. I'll be happy to share > it. Let me know if you want it. yes, thank you. -- /* Paolo Pedaletti, * paolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.pedaletti.it */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html