From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 7 03:06:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B06B316B0D5 for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 03:01:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from sccrmhc15.comcast.net (sccrmhc15.comcast.net [63.240.77.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2FC843D5D for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 03:01:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [192.168.214.215] (c-24-1-232-64.hsd1.tx.comcast.net[24.1.232.64]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc15) with ESMTP id <2006060703010201500chdrce>; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 03:01:02 +0000 Message-ID: <4486416D.8090507@computer.org> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:01:01 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Norberto Meijome References: <20060606120853.0190ce47@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060606120853.0190ce47@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QEMU - encrypted images X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:06:35 -0000 Norberto Meijome wrote: > Hello there, > this is a bit off topic (well, i'm running qemu under 6.1 and installing 6.1 in > the img... :) .not sure if I should email the port maintainer about this. > > I created an image as follows: > qemu-img create -e -f qcow a.img 2GB > > then i start qemu : > qemu -boot d -m 400 -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda a.img > > It goes straight into qemu's console, i enter a HD password as requested (* > chars replace everything i type). I press enter and the vm boots up as normal, > i can go to Ctrl-1 and Ctrl-2 with no problem. > > BUT the qemu console (ctrl-2) is completely useless. everything I type still > comes out as * , and there doesnt seem to be any actual response to what I type > (if I type help, and press enter. I would have expected at least a whole > screenfull of ******** coming up...not even that.. it seems like it's stuck in > password reading mode? This is just a "Me Too". I don't use encrypted disks... just thought I'd try it out. Followed your instructions above, and I get the exact same results. I have no idea if it is the correct behavior or not. I have however, once or twice, appealed to the port maintainer and found him to be responsive and helpful. > > am I missing something ? > > thanks, > Beto > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric