qemu running in ssh: how to exit?

Question

I am connected via SSH to a terminal server. On this server I am using

qemu-system-x86_64 ... -curses

to run a Command Line based operating system.

How can I terminate the virtual machine?

At the moment, the only option I have, is to open a second SSH console, and type

killall qemu-system-x86_64

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16

9

Hit ALT-2 instead of CTRL-ALT-2, then type quit

This was already kind of answered over here

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16

Community

answered Oct 20 '15 at 20:43

Ryan Babchishin

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '21 at 15:52

3

Following key combination tells qemu to stop emulation and exit

Ctrl + a x

answered Apr 16 '21 at 15:52

vaibhav92

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 03 '18 at 22:02

What is the "command line based operating system" in use?

For example, if you are running FreeDOS, the command

fdapm poweroff

will gracefully power off the VM.

If the OS you are using does not have any power off commands, then using the qemu monitor may be the only option.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 22 '21 at 16:46

1

If you are running with nographic options below option worked for me

step 1:

Cntrl + a

Step 2

press c

Step 3

write quit

answered Feb 22 '21 at 16:46

Pravin.2087

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 22 '20 at 07:57

0

First press Ctrl+a then press c to get to qemu console then enter quit to exist.

answered May 22 '20 at 07:57

Ramast

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