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slackware:vde [2006/04/12 12:07] – alienslackware:vde [2007/11/30 21:42] (current) – fix qemu 'macaddr' syntax; fix rc.vdenetwork script alien
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 /etc/rc.d/rc.vdenetwork start /etc/rc.d/rc.vdenetwork start
 </code> We're all set! It is time to start your QEMU session and see if it all works as expected! I have provided another script in the [[#example_scripts | last section]] of this article as an example of how to run QEMU and have it using VDE for the networking. </code> We're all set! It is time to start your QEMU session and see if it all works as expected! I have provided another script in the [[#example_scripts | last section]] of this article as an example of how to run QEMU and have it using VDE for the networking.
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         echo -n "Starting VDE network for QEMU: "         echo -n "Starting VDE network for QEMU: "
  
-        # If we are running 2.6, load tun module +        # Load tun module 
-        if uname -r | grep '^2.6'; then +        /sbin/modprobe tun 2>/dev/null 
-          /sbin/modprobe tun 2>/dev/null +        # Wait for the module to be loaded 
-          # Wait for the module to be loaded +        while ! /bin/lsmod |grep -q "^tun"; do echo Waiting for tun device;sleep 1; done
-          while ! /bin/lsmod |grep -q "^tun"; do echo Waiting for tun device;sleep 1; done +
-        fi+
  
         # Start tap switch         # Start tap switch
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         # Remove the control socket         # Remove the control socket
         rm -f /tmp/vde.*         rm -f /tmp/vde.*
 +        rmdir /var/run/vde.ctl
         # Stop dnsmasq         # Stop dnsmasq
         pgrep -f dnsmasq | xargs kill -TERM         pgrep -f dnsmasq | xargs kill -TERM
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   restart|reload)   restart|reload)
         $0 stop         $0 stop
 +        sleep 1
         $0 start         $0 start
         ;;         ;;
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 # This command returns to the command prompt immediately, # This command returns to the command prompt immediately,
-#   and QEMU's error output is redirected to files. +#   and QEMU's (error) output is redirected to logfiles. 
-vdeqemu -net vde,vlan=0 -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr 52:54:00:00:EE:02 -m 256 -localtime -soundhw all -hda winxp.img -cdrom ${ISODIR}/winxp_pro_us.iso  1>winxp.log 2>winxp.err ${PARAMS} &+vdeqemu -net vde,vlan=0 -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=52:54:00:00:EE:02 -m 256 -localtime -soundhw all -hda winxp.img -cdrom ${ISODIR}/winxp_pro_us.iso  1>winxp.log 2>winxp.err ${PARAMS} &
 </code> </code>

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