I am a novice like yourself ... Can it be that the guest OS is going to "hibernate" or "suspend" or so automatically after a defined period of inactivity and you just misinterpret this as kvm/qemu behavior?
best ... Gunnar On 20.01.21 08:20, Asad Ali wrote: > I am a novice using qemu to run LUbuntu in a Mac osx host. I used this > guide > https://graspingtech.com/ubuntu-desktop-18.04-virtual-machine-macos-qemu/ > <https://graspingtech.com/ubuntu-desktop-18.04-virtual-machine-macos-qemu/> > > Using this I can run the LUbuntu VM. However, if I minimize the qemu > window or simply not have it as the active window, the vm slows down > to a halt. Is there some way to prevent this? > > Signs of slowing down: > 1. ssh into the vm from the mac osx host takes a long time. > 2. A python script running in the vm monitoring time deltas shows huge > deltas once the "slowdown" kicks in. > > > Any help would be very very very appreciated! > Asad
