vnc: 0.669 performance: 0.319 graphic: 0.308 mistranslation: 0.278 network: 0.273 semantic: 0.270 device: 0.251 socket: 0.141 virtual: 0.097 user-level: 0.039 architecture: 0.038 ppc: 0.038 debug: 0.035 VMM: 0.021 files: 0.018 risc-v: 0.018 kernel: 0.018 peripherals: 0.018 register: 0.013 PID: 0.011 i386: 0.010 boot: 0.009 arm: 0.007 assembly: 0.007 x86: 0.007 permissions: 0.005 hypervisor: 0.004 TCG: 0.003 KVM: 0.003 reverse vnc to unix domain sockets does not work I tried to connect to a unix domain socket, but failed. $ qemu -vnc unix:/tmp/my.sock,reverse connect(unix:/tmp/my.sock,reverse): No such file or directory I guess it is because unix_connect does not remove characters after first comma. Looks like this should work nowadays (of course you need to start a listening program first), so closing this bug ticket now.