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libvirt: "Failed to initialize a valid firewall backend"

I'm trying to set up a virtual NAT network device without DHCP for libvirt on an Arch Linux host. What I have tried: # virsh net-define network.xml Network default defined from network.xml [...
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What is the difference and relationship between kvm, virt-manager, qemu and libvirt?

I investigated this topic and here are my conclusions (But I still have questions. And please correct me if I made any mistake in my conclusions): VMWare: VMWare developed its VM Hypervisor SW in 1999,...
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How can I get qemu's Ctrl+Alt keys working in -curses mode?

So here's the situation; I currently have qemu installed on an OpenBSD 5.3 snapshot. This is a console setup so I have to either run with -curses or -nographic. The problem here is that I'm having ...
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Save qemu VM state like in Virtualbox

I am used to the Virtualbox "save machine state" exit strategy, which is a handy way to let the host reboot without shutting down the vm. I recently switched to qemu because of its VT-x in VT-x ...
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Windows 7 fails to install on KVM with qemu

I'm trying to install Windows 7 as the guest OS in a virtual machine hosted by my 64-bit Ubuntu Karmic box. I get to the point of selecting my language settings and clicking 'install now', but a short ...
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How do I use Qemu/Spice dynamic resolution in a Windows 7 guest?

The Qemu Spice user manual makes reference to a "dynamic resolution" feature. If I'm understanding correctly, this alters the guest resolution to match the size of the VM's window, as is done ...
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Create "linked clone" or layered shared disks with QEMU

Does QEMU support a feature like VMware's "linked clone"? What I'm trying to accomplish: I'm setting up a test environment with a handful of VMs, that are all nearly identical. However, a fresh ...
Jonathon Reinhart's user avatar
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QEMU: No visible cursor when using QXL or virtio

When I run qemu-system_x86_64 with -vga qxl/-device qxl-vga or -vga virtio/-device virtio-vga, the guest has no visible cursor. The mouse works, and items highlight when I hover over them, but I can't ...
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Why VM QEMU is very slow ? Still a Newbie here

I recently tried QEMU, so I can run both Windows and Linux/*nix at the same time. I looked for docs/tutorials online, but found they are way beyond my comprehension. So I just followed https://www....
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How to display 3D Wayland inside a virtual machine?

I'd like to try Wayfire—a 3D Wayland compositor—inside a virtual machine. What are the options and requirements to make a virtual machine that can display a Wayland compositor with 3D acceleration? ...
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Qemu throws back error after i tried to use whpx acceleration (not sure if this the right community)

I am using qemu to emulate Zorin OS 16 (a hour old user of qemu) I tried to emulate Zorin OS 16 with whpx acceleration with this command in power shell: qemu-system-x86_64.exe -boot d -cdrom zorincore....
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How can I emulate Ubuntu 18.04 on MacOS using qemu?

How can I run Ubuntu 18.04 on my MacBook Air (Mojave) using QEMU? (yes I have to use QEMU for now.) I got QEMU from here. But also got it from Homebrew as well. I've tried looking at the QEMU's ...
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Running Alpine Linux on QEMU ARM guests

I'm trying to build packages for Alpine Linux, which has official support for x86, x86_64, armhf, aarch64, s390x, ppc64le, so I want to build for all of these architectures. Currently I'm using QEMU'...
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Unable to resume KVM guest after rebooting host

I'm running KVM on Linux Mint 17.1, kernel 3.16.0-31-generic. The only guest is a Windows 8.1 VM. I've noticed that if I reboot the host while the guest is running, I'm unable to resume the guest ...
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How to "alt-tab" out of full-screen Virt Manager?

I'd like to switch from fullscreen in qemu/kvm Virt Manager back to the most recently used window on the main host's operating system (just like alt-tab), but I haven't yet found a solution that works....
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Can I get more screen resolution options for a QEMU virtualized Windows using a VirtIO graphics card?

When virtualizing e.g. a Windows 10 installation with QEMU and using the default graphics card (with no command line option set), it shows up as a "Microsoft Basic Display Adapter", and one ...
Tobias Leupold's user avatar
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usb-host is not a valid device name - error when trying to pass USB to Qemu

I have tried to use various variations of adding a usb device to my Windows VM but to no avail. I have a Yocto project derived Wind River Linux, withQemu-kvm` installed. The guest OS is Windows 10. ...
user1173240's user avatar
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QEMU/KVM - Getting "Error connecting to graphical console: Error opening Spice console SpiceClientGtk missing" when trying to create a VM

I am trying to create a virtual machine using QEMU/KVM. I am getting an error: Error connecting to graphical console: Error opening Spice console SpiceClientGtk missing I have looked around but ...
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qemu virtual machine send desktop switching command to host

I would like to set up qemu/virt-manager/spice so that I can run a VM full-screen on its own KDE virtual desktop. I have ctrl-alt-{up,down} set up as desktop switching shortcuts, but I need a way to ...
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QEMU: How to find bottleneck in my virtual machine?

I am running an ubuntu virtual-machine on a 12.04 ubuntu server. Unfortunately the machine is extremly slow (just htop consumes 15%), even though having 8 cores etc. Do you know a way to find the ...
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What emulator / VM software can I use to create a Win32-portable Linux Guest?

I want to create a portable VM setup so that I can boot a Linux install regardless of which Windows XP / Windows 7 host machine I am on. I was looking at Qemu but it doesn't appear to have a ...
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How do I save Virtual Machine state in UTM (QEMU)? using M1 Macbook Pro

I am a beginner in dealing with virtual machines. I have managed to boot up a virtual machine (Ubuntu) using UTM on my M1 Macbook Pro. However, I have been having a hard time figuring out how I can ...
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failed to access perfctr msr - When running Fedora on a VM

I'm trying to run a Virtual Machine with Fedora, and I choose to "Start fedora" from a list where I can start it or troubleshoot problems. The I get the following output: [ 0.00000] tsc: Fast TSC ...
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Virsh doesn't list virtual machines

On arch, I set up a number of VMs using virt-manager. My user is part of the libvirt group, and I can access virsh, but virsh list without root access doesn't list the VMs I created: $ virsh list --...
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Possible to move a guest OS on VirtManager (Linux) to Windows?

For VirtualBox or VMware Workstation,one could copy the guest OS data directory to another computer and run it there. For example, I could create a guest OS on Linux, and then copy the guest data ...
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Unable to do USB passthrough with QEMU

I have installed virt-mananager and QEMU sudo apt-get -y install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin bridge-utils virt-manager; I also installed sudo apt-get install libusb-dev sudo apt-get install ...
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Register super/win key press in qemu

I'm setting up a VM of my Linux setup using qemu by directly running the .img file through qemu-system-x86_64. I've got it working, however when I try to do a keybinding with the Super key in my VM, ...
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Windows 10 Home (1809 version) from EFI to BIOS or to QEMU (Virtual machine)

Old (Downvoted) Post: I have installed Windows 10 in my SSD disk, and made the mistake to install in EFI mode ... (I don't want EFI in my new installation because it will be multi-boot system with ...
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How to(Libvirt) attach floppy image device to guest VM?

Say, I have floppy.vfd image. How should I fill my xml file in order to attach floppy image? I have template like <disk type='*' device='*'> <device name='*' type='*'/> <...
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How to make a snapshot while qemu is running?

Since a fresh booting of the guest OS is very slow, or it is laborious to arrive at a particular machine state, what I want is something like Windows' hibernation: Qemu saves the current state of the ...
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