Qemulator doesn't work with path with spaces ...

Bug #160425 reported by Fabien Lusseau
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: qemulator

I have tried to use a .vmdk file of vmware server, named "Windows XP Professional.vmdk"

And qemulator said me he can't find "Professional.vmdk" ...

If I rename it "WindowsXPProfessional.vmdk" it work ...

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Martin Erik Werner (arand) wrote :

This also applies if mounting iso images with parenthesis in their filename, Qemulator locks up briefly and then gives:
Qemu exited with Error message: /bin/sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

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rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The version of Ubuntu your using is in End of Life status. More information may be found at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases As well, the package your using is updated and issue you reported should be reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop CD development release - Maverick Meerkat. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the next release of Ubuntu. You can find more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/. Please repost a detailed error report and update the bug status. Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

Changed in qemulator (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for qemulator (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in qemulator (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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