[Discuss] Virt-Manager

[Jerry Feldman]

You may not want to do that
You want the host to handle keyboard and mouse. You notice when the cursor
is in the vm, keystrokes go to the vm, but when you move the mouse out of
the vm, keystrokes go to the host.

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On Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 5:55 PM Edward <epp at sillydog.org> wrote:

> Mark - Thanks for the info re Fedora 31/Debian 10 and VirtIO. Very much
> appreciated.
>
> I used Fedora 31 to create it and this time, it successfully booted into
> the Live DVD and also with a subsequent installation to the VM. Although
> when it boots up each time, I am seeing a window that the X server
> failed to start, but it eventually starts and brings me to the login
> screen.
>
> In regards to Jerry's question regarding my adding the USB hardware,
> using virt-manager: when creating the VM, on the screen 'Create a new
> virtual machine' (Step 5 of 5), there is a checkbox labeled 'Customize
> configuration before install'. Checking this box will take you to
> another screen that lists all of the items on the left that will be
> installed by default, there is a button at the bottom of that window
> 'Add Hardware', select that. The next screen lists the hardware that can
> be added. The USB items (Bluetooth, printer, mouse, etc.) are on USB
> Host Device. Click on one of them, then click Finish, that adds it to
> the list on the left. This last step is repeated for each USB device you
> want to add to the VM.
>
>
> On 10/25/21 16:46, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
> > I uploaded an image of it running in my KVM window.
> >
> > The Video QXL driver seems like its weird. Select VirtIO instead by
> > clicking the "Customize installation configuration" box before you create
> > the VM.
> >
> > Also, don't use generic, use fedora31 or debian 10 as the base.
>
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