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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 be able to create multiple VMs for testing purposes -- questionable websites, files that could be infected with a virus, etc.
I want to make sure these VMs should be able to access the ...
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Use .qcow2 VM file format for VirtualBox
VirtualBox, supports several other file formats, but no .qcow2 format for the time being.
The Virtmanager, in turn supports the current open source .qcow2 format, but not the outdated .qcow format.
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What can cause network drop when running a VM with virt-manager?
I'm new to virt-manager, qemu and libvirt so I barely know how to use them. I use virt-manager's GUI to make it easier for me to do a transition from VirtualBox (including VBoxManage) to KVM.
By far I ...
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How to Enable Restrict User Networking in virt-manager QEMU/KVM User Session?
I want to isolate my network between host and guest in QEMU User Session (qemu:///session). block the unnecessary guest to host and guest to guest networking.
I found an article on QEMU wiki talks ...
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Laggy mouse cursor on windows guest
I have virt-manager, qemu, kvm setup. I have installed Windows 11 and Arch Linux guests. On Arch Linux, I don't have any additional guest drives for virtualization to work.
On Arch Linux, when the ...
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cannot import qcow2 image in virt-manager to other vm
I have installed debian to a qcow2 image to prepare it for usage in a paravirtualized vm and have tried to import it on another vm. Virt-manager doesn't give any errors, however from the OVMF bios it ...
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How to convert a RISC-V QEMU command line invocation into a virt-manager VM?
I have successfully set up a QEMU RISC-V VM from the instructions here.
My final working CLI invocation is:
/usr/bin/qemu-system-riscv64 -machine virt -m 4G -smp cpus=2 -nographic \
-bios /usr/lib/...
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VM boots into UEFI Interactive Shell with the filesystem missing. (custom virt-install boot parameters)
My Setup
Host
OS: Manjaro XFCE x86_64
Apps: packer (plugins: qemu),
virt-manager, virt-install
virt-viewer
Guest
OS: Arch Linux
Hypervisor: QEMU KVM
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Packer-build VM does not start: Unable to rename file '(null).new' to '(null)': Bad address
Setup
Host
OS
Manjaro XFCE x86_64
Apps
packer (plugins: qemu)
virt-install
virt-viewer
virt-manager
Guest
OS: Arch Linux
Hypervisor: QEMU KVM
Architecture: x64
Machine ...
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VM boots into UEFI Interactive Shell with the filesystem missing
Setup
Host
OS
Manjaro XFCE x86_64
Apps
packer (plugins: qemu)
virt-install
virt-viewer
virt-manager
Guest
OS: Arch Linux
Hypervisor: QEMU KVM
Architecture: x64
Machine ...
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How to enable file sharing between Windows XP guest and Arch Linux host using QEMU/KVM with VirtManager?
I'm trying to set up a shared folder (or Samba server, but I'd prefer a shared folder) to allow file sharing between my Windows XP guest and my host operating system. I've installed the virtio ...
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How do I force Virt-Manager to use the hosts' llvmpipe renderer so the guests get to use 3D acceleration?
I'm using virt-manager and set "3D Acceleration" as per what was recommended, but I'm getting this error:
qemu_gl_create_compile_shader: compile vertex error 0:2(10): error: GLSL ES 3.00 is ...
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How do I tell Libvirt/QEMU/Virt-Manager 's new XML definition folder location?
Libvirt/QEMU/Virt-Manager normally do store the virtual machine's xml definition files in /etc/libvirt/qemu/.
The easiest way to change that would be to put that folder wherever you want (moved it ...
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libvirt: Assign existing tap interface to VM
I'm using qemu/kvm to create a VM and want to assign an existing tap interface to the VM.
How does one do that with the virsh CLI or virt-manager GUI?
I'm looking for the libvirt-equivalent of this ...
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QEMU virtual machine taking more memory than allocated?
I checked with htop why the PC stopped responding and why the OOM killer had to kick in, and I see my virtual machine that was allocated 2046 MB of RAM taking up 6627 MB of RAM. What is this and how ...
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