diff -r 56cd8111b7f7 -r 41300fa6a67c tests/auto/qudpsocket/tst_qudpsocket.cpp
--- a/tests/auto/qudpsocket/tst_qudpsocket.cpp	Tue Jan 26 12:42:25 2010 +0200
+++ b/tests/auto/qudpsocket/tst_qudpsocket.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:43:10 2010 +0200
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@
     QCOMPARE(paul.writeDatagram(paulMessage.data(), paulMessage.length(),
                                peterAddress, peter.localPort()), qint64(paulMessage.length()));
 
-    QVERIFY(peter.waitForReadyRead(5000));
-    QVERIFY(paul.waitForReadyRead(5000));
+    QVERIFY(peter.waitForReadyRead(9000));
+    QVERIFY(paul.waitForReadyRead(9000));
     char peterBuffer[16*1024];
     char paulBuffer[16*1024];
     if (success) {
@@ -719,6 +719,8 @@
     QProcess serverProcess;
     serverProcess.start(QLatin1String("clientserver/clientserver server 1 1"),
                         QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text);
+    QVERIFY2(serverProcess.waitForStarted(3000),
+             qPrintable("Failed to start subprocess: " + serverProcess.errorString()));
 
     // Wait until the server has started and reports success.
     while (!serverProcess.canReadLine())
@@ -732,6 +734,9 @@
     clientProcess.start(QString::fromLatin1("clientserver/clientserver connectedclient %1 %2")
                         .arg(QLatin1String("127.0.0.1")).arg(serverPort),
                         QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text);
+    QVERIFY2(clientProcess.waitForStarted(3000),
+             qPrintable("Failed to start subprocess: " + clientProcess.errorString()));
+
     // Wait until the server has started and reports success.
     while (!clientProcess.canReadLine())
         QVERIFY(clientProcess.waitForReadyRead(3000));
@@ -779,6 +784,8 @@
     QProcess serverProcess;
     serverProcess.start(QLatin1String("clientserver/clientserver server 1 1"),
                         QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text);
+    QVERIFY2(serverProcess.waitForStarted(3000),
+             qPrintable("Failed to start subprocess: " + serverProcess.errorString()));
 
     // Wait until the server has started and reports success.
     while (!serverProcess.canReadLine())
@@ -792,6 +799,9 @@
     clientProcess.start(QString::fromLatin1("clientserver/clientserver unconnectedclient %1 %2")
                         .arg(QLatin1String("127.0.0.1")).arg(serverPort),
                         QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text);
+    QVERIFY2(clientProcess.waitForStarted(3000),
+             qPrintable("Failed to start subprocess: " + clientProcess.errorString()));
+
     // Wait until the server has started and reports success.
     while (!clientProcess.canReadLine())
         QVERIFY(clientProcess.waitForReadyRead(3000));