Quit command not working Qemu strace rt_sigreturn(0x1b) = 56 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7f6fddecbad0) = ? ERESTARTNOINTR (To be restarted) --- SIGPROF (Profiling timer expired) @ 0 (0) --- rt_sigreturn(0x1b) = 56 started with : [root@virtual-test ~]# /root/qemu-test/qemu-kvm/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -net tap,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -chardev socket,id=serial0,host=0.0.0.0,port=$CONSOLEPORT,telnet,server,nowait -serial chardev:serial0 -hda hda -hdb hdb -hdc hdc -hdd hdd -fda fd0 -fdb fd1 -chardev socket,id=monitor,host=0.0.0.0,port=$MONITORPORT,telnet,server,nowait -monitor chardev:monitor -net nic,macaddr=$MAC,vlan=0,model=e1000,name=e1000.0 -M pc -m 4096 when removing -m 4096, the quit command works. but I think its a combination of different args that causes the problem. I tried this exact syntax and could not reproduce. What version of qemu are you using? how much memory do you have in the host? The host now has 8GB of memory, problem remains. Try ./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --enable-profiler --enable-gprof --enable-io-thread --enable-debug-tcg --enable-debug Without these options it magically works :) [Expired for QEMU because there has been no activity for 60 days.]