Questions tagged [virt-manager]
The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt.
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Does the Qemu version stated in the VM settings affect features and/or performance? [closed]
I run a Windows 10 VM in Virt-Manager.
In the VM settings there is a variable that on my arch distro, it says
machine='pc-q35-9.0'
but on other distros, it has a lower version, such as
pc-q35-7.2
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How can I create a VM in virt-manager that can access the internet through the host but can't even see the host or other devices on the LAN?
I want to create a VM for testing purposes -- questionable websites, files that could be infected with a virus, etc.
So I want to create a VM and that VM should be able to access the internet but it ...
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How can I prevent certain keys (e.g. Super/Win) from being passed through to a qemu guest?
I am running a Windows 10 guest under Linux using qemu / virt-manager. All of my WM shortcuts in X use the super (windows) key. I don't really need that key for anything inside the Windows VM. Is ...
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VirtManager, guest pause/save->resume, cannot RDP into guest
If relevant, the guest is using "Macvtap device" as the "Network source". It seems that if I apply "pause" or "save" on the Windows guest, and then resume it, I ...
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Shutdown VM when graphical console is closed
I have a Debian 12 VM with QEMU/KVM as hypervisor and Virt-Manager as a frontend and SPICE for graphical output.
The purpose of this VM is to be used interactively and so I'd like not to leave it ...
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How do I get a multi-display virgl 3D accelerated QEMU VM on a NVIDIA card in virt-manager?
I've managed to get virgl 3D acceleration running in QEMU/KVM, and now I want to see if I can get it running with multiple displays. However when I add more heads to the Video Device Display 1 is ...
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Unable to split USB devices to Different USB Busses. Is this a hardware issue or Linux issue
I have i9-13900k CPU running on Asus Z790 MB.
When using lsusb. I found out that every USB device is assigned to BUS 1. It does not matter which USB port I use on the computer. I would like to Split ...
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Arch/Plasma - PolicyKit window not opening for Virtual Machine Manager;
I'm relatively new to linux and I have using Arch linux as the host for some virtual machines for some time now. I don't know what triggered it, but lately 90% of the times I boot and open the Virtual ...
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Getting "can't connect to default" error on shutdown after installing virt-manager on Debian
I am running Debian 12/Bookworm with KDE Plasma. Ever since I installed virt-manager I am getting the following message when rebooting. It sits here for 30+ seconds before it continues with the boot ...
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Why won't windows boot in virt-manager KVM VM?
I'm following this tutorial on how to run windows apps seamlessly in using winapps and my VM won't boot. It gives the message "Boot failed: Could not read from CDROM (code 0004)". I made ...
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Graphic glitches in virt-manager win-xp guest
I'm having graphical issues with my windows XP guest in virt-manager. I haven't done any extensive testing, but at the moment I have only encountered it inside the game 3D Pinball Space Cadet (which ...
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Virtualised Windows 11 under virt-manager (QEMU/KVM) can't find USB SSD storage drive
My virtualised Windows 11 under virt-manager (QEMU / KVM ) can see the USB wireless mouse, but cannot see the USB SSD storage device.
I took a check from the inside of Windows 11, in Disk Management ...
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KVM/QEMU Extra mouse features
I have Windows 11 VM running on a Debian host. I am using virt-manager to configure and use the VM.
Does anyone know how to get the mouse back/forward buttons and horizontal scroll to work when ...
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Windows VM works from QEMU CLI but produces BSOD from virt-manager
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I have a Windows 7 virtual image that I can successfully spin up using the following qemu command in the terminal:
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 4096 -boot d -enable-kvm -smp 2 -net nic -net user -...
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How to SSH into virt-manager guest from host?
I have a Debian host OS. I installed virt-manager and created a guest Ubuntu 22.04 OS on a virtual machine.
I retrieved the IP address of the guest OS by running ip addr on the (Ubuntu) guest OS's ...
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