Also happens in Ubunto 10.04LTS Linux bnesbitt-desktop 2.6.32-24-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:58:24 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
-- qemu hangs on shutdown or reboot (XP guest) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Triaged Bug description: When I shut down or reboot my Windows XP guest, about half the time, it hangs at the point where it says "Windows is shutting down...". At that point qemu is using 100% of one host CPU, about 85% user, 15% system. (Core 2 Quad 2.66GHz) This is the command line I use to start qemu: qemu-system-x86_64 -hda winxp.img -k en-us -m 2048 -smp 2 -vnc :3100 -usbdevice tablet -boot c -enable-kvm &