Better way to wait for the machine to boot

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kvmx b/kvmx
index 1dd0302..e1016da 100755
--- a/kvmx
+++ b/kvmx
@@ -115,8 +115,12 @@ function kvmx_up {
     kvmx_spice
   fi
 
-  echo "Waiting for machine to boot..."
-  sleep 5
+  echo -n "Waiting for machine to boot..."
+  while true; do
+    echo true | $SSH_COMMAND -o ConnectTimeout=2 -p $SSH $SSH_LOGIN@127.0.0.1 &> /dev/null && break
+    echo -n "."
+  done
+  echo " done."
 
   # Somehow it is starting before DBUS and then crashing, so we try to start again
   echo "Ensure spice-vdagent is running..."