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-rw-r--r--python/qemu/machine/machine.py7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/qemu/machine/machine.py b/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
index a7081b1845..34131884a5 100644
--- a/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ which provides facilities for managing the lifetime of a QEMU VM.
import errno
from itertools import chain
+import locale
import logging
import os
import shutil
@@ -290,8 +291,12 @@ class QEMUMachine:
return self._subp.pid
def _load_io_log(self) -> None:
+ # Assume that the output encoding of QEMU's terminal output is
+ # defined by our locale. If indeterminate, allow open() to fall
+ # back to the platform default.
+ _, encoding = locale.getlocale()
if self._qemu_log_path is not None:
- with open(self._qemu_log_path, "r") as iolog:
+ with open(self._qemu_log_path, "r", encoding=encoding) as iolog:
self._iolog = iolog.read()
@property