id = 2437
title = "qm terminal VMID return \"Inappropriate ioctl for device\" when spawned by an another process"
state = "closed"
created_at = "2024-07-15T01:21:03.551Z"
closed_at = "2024-07-15T14:06:45.575Z"
labels = []
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2437"
host-os = "proxmox 8.2.1"
host-arch = "x86"
qemu-version = "8.1.5-5"
guest-os = "Ubuntu"
guest-arch = "x86"
description = """as i dont want to mess with vnc i want to use qm terminal to interact with my vms and it doesnt work im currently using nodejs as a test heres the code if anybody wanna try it 
```js
import { spawn } from "child_process";
var child = spawn('qm', ["terminal", "100"]);

child.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');
child.stdin.setDefaultEncoding("utf8");
child.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
    console.log('stdout: ' + data.trim());
});

child.stderr.setEncoding('utf8');
child.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
    console.log('stderr: ' + data.trim());
});

child.on('close', function (code) {
    console.log('closing code: ' + code);
});

setInterval(() => {
    child.stdin.write("\\n");
}, 5000);
```
its just spawning qm terminal and sending return every 5 seconds

it seems to start but crash

"Inappropriate ioctl for device"

![image](/uploads/dd1306f1b6437814cc90c9d1be0fcd3b/image.png){width=478 height=48}

maybe its not the place to put that but i have no clue so here am i

At least i tryed spawning something else my code is working"""
reproduce = "n/a"
additional = "n/a"