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The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt.

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How to make KVM guest stop showing both host and guest mouse cursors as it makes guest very hard to use?

I've created a CentOS 7 (KDE) VM on a Centos 7 KVM server without X or GUI, and there's only one guest on this server. I see two cursors in the virt-manager VM console: the host cursor and the guest ...
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Boot windows on virt-manager from an image that fetched from existing Windows on a different computer

I have a PC laptop with Windows 10, it has two hard drives, one for windows that is separated with UEFI, windows and data partition, and another hard drive that has some more apps installed on it. I ...
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Drivers not working for a pass through GPU

I recently made a Virtual Machine using virt-manager, and I pass through a GPU. When I turn on the guest (Windows 10). It disables the device and locks the screen resolution to 800x600. I have no clue ...
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Hiding Virtual machine status from guest operating system

Host OS: Fedora Guest OS: Windows 10 Virtualization: KVM So the idea is to run a Windows 10 host machine that is unaware that it is a virtual machine. So when I open the task manager on the guest ...
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Can I use Aero Glass with QXL (virt-manager)?

I've made a Windows 7 VM with QXL as the display adapter. I installed the guest additions and the display adapter was properly showing up in device manager. I've tried changing the QXL settings to ...
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libvirt / KVM/QEMU - Networks: What does "Open Network" do?

When setting up a network with libvirt & virt-manager, there is an option to choose "Open Network" as the "Network Mode" when forwarding traffic to a physical network. What ...
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Bitlocker on KVM/QEMU/virt-manager Windows guest using TPM passthrough

I have a dual boot installation on my Lenovo T480s: Windows 10 and Fedora 33. As I prefer working on Linux but need to have quick access to some Windows exclusive programs, I've configured QEMU (in ...
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Group VM by tag in virt-manager on Ubuntu

virt-manager question KVM on Ubuntu 20.04/libvirt/qemu How i can group vm in virt-manager interface? In virtualbox or hyper-v/vmware this is very simple. Googling doesnt gave the result.
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How do I pin a process to a single CPU core?

I have a 2 core 2 thread cpu and I want to pin one core for a Windows 10 VM and keep the other for the Linux host.
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virt-manager: Group 14 is not suitable

I followed this tutorial (here: https://passthroughpo.st/new-and-improved-mac-os-tutorial-part-1-the-basics/) but when I pass through my GPU, it errors out with something along the lines of Group 14 ...
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virt-manager can't connect to libvirt: "Connection does not support required domain listing APIs"

I can't connect with my local virt-manager (version 3.0.0) to the old remote libvirt setup (version 0.8.3): Unable to connect to libvirt qemu+ssh://[email protected]/system. Connection does not ...
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KVM/QEMU: Virt manager put automatically EPYC-IBPB cpu in cpu configuration

I have a problem with virt manager. When I tick "copy host configuration" or write host-passthrough" and I start the VM, the CPU model returns automatically to EPYC-IBPB CPU. And if I ...
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How to get a virtual machine onto the LAN

I've got Manjaro(Arch) at 192.168.0.2 running minecraft open to LAN connections and an excited 7 year old wanting to play with his dad. My old as dirt laptop finally died and I've replaced it with a ...
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What is the correct repository details for qemu on Ubuntu 18.04?

I'm attempting to setup qemu-kvm on Ubuntu 18.04. I have installed qemu - fine. I am now trying to install/setup vm images, however the virt-install command is not found. I have tried to add the qemu ...
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Use virt-manager on windows with cygwin

I current am trying to connect to a hyper visor server with virt-manager on a windows computer. The host is currently setup to run only as a TTY base server. And from my research, I've only read to ...

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