I use something like this: ... -vnc 127.72.42.2:0
where 127.72.42.2 is the IP where the VNC server will be listening to. The ":0" is to select the first local console. -- Vincenzo Romano - NotOrAnd.IT Information Technologies -- NON QVIETIS MARIBVS NAVTA PERITVS 2017-01-23 10:10 GMT+01:00 akhilesh rawat <akhileshrawat...@gmail.com>: > hi, > > Could anybody suggest right command to open guest VM console in VNC. > I tried like below > > qemu-kvm -name guest=compute-0 -machine > pc-i440fx-rhel7.0.0,accel=kvm,usb=off -cpu Haswell -m 81920 -smp 20 > -no-hpet -no-shutdown -boot n -drive > file=compute0-disk0.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 -net > nic,model=virtio -net tap,ifname=vnet3,script=no,downscript=no -vnc > 127.0.0.1:4 > > > But when i open my VNC ,i dont see any console though the process is shown > running with VNC and also VN port being reserved . > > Before > > [root@kvm-server ~]# sudo netstat -tunelp | grep LISTEN > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5901 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 1001 14788 2957/Xvnc > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:5903 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 32488 3857/qemu-kvm > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 27910 1/systemd > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6001 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 1001 18955 2957/Xvnc > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 32141 1675/sshd > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 15630 1664/cupsd > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 9637 2530/master > tcp6 0 0 :::5901 :::* LISTEN > 1001 14789 2957/Xvnc > tcp6 0 0 :::111 :::* LISTEN > 0 27909 1/systemd > tcp6 0 0 :::6001 :::* LISTEN > 1001 18954 2957/Xvnc > tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN > 0 32143 1675/sshd > tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* LISTEN > 0 15629 1664/cupsd > tcp6 0 0 ::1:25 :::* LISTEN > 0 9638 2530/master > > > AFTER 127.0.0.1:5904 > > > [root@kvm-server ~]# sudo netstat -tunelp | grep LISTEN > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5901 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 1001 14788 2957/Xvnc > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:5903 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 32488 3857/qemu-kvm > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 27910 1/systemd > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:5904 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 792577 10816/qemu-kvm > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6001 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 1001 18955 2957/Xvnc > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 32141 1675/sshd > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 15630 1664/cupsd > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > 0 9637 2530/master > tcp6 0 0 :::5901 :::* LISTEN > 1001 14789 2957/Xvnc > tcp6 0 0 :::111 :::* LISTEN > 0 27909 1/systemd > tcp6 0 0 :::6001 :::* LISTEN > 1001 18954 2957/Xvnc > tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN > 0 32143 1675/sshd > tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* LISTEN > 0 15629 1664/cupsd > tcp6 0 0 ::1:25 :::* LISTEN > 0 9638 2530/master > > > Any suggestions. > > Br akhilesh >