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

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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, but it was proprietary. QEMU: 4 years later…
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No Auto Resize with SPICE and virt-manager

I've setup a VM that works great except for the auto resize functionality which seems to be inconsistent. I've got it randomly working a few times but it also randomly stops working. It's currently not working and I'm not sure what I need to do to…
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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 windows machine, and go under performace tab that the…
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What are the differences between sound devices in qemu shown by virt-manager?

I am trying to use qemu/kvm via virt-managet. I want to use Windows 10 guest in a Linux host. When I add sound device, there are several models to choose from: ac97 es1370 ich6 ich9 pcspk sb16 How do they differ? Any difference in…
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Configure FirewallD to allow bridged virtual machine network access

I have a Windows guest running on a virt-manager QEMU/KVM virtual machine. My primary NIC eno1 is in a bridge br1 which is configured with my host IP address configuration. This VM is connected to said bridge. My host firewall is in its default…
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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 Windows install takes over 20 GiB, which would be…
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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. ctrl+alt+f doesn't work (it just launches an…
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virt-manager fails to initialize EGL render node for SPICE GL with NVIDIA proprietary drivers

I have virt-manager on a Fedora Workstation 26 host. I have set up a Virtual Machine with Windows 11 Educational. I have a Spice display server, with Listen Type set to “None”, and OpenGL set on with my NVIDIA graphics card. I use proprietary NVIDIA…
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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 does "Open Network" mean / do? I thought it might be the same as an isolated…
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What does it mean open mode in Virt-Manager?

Virt-Manager offers a network "open mode". Could you tell me what does it mean? For example: I use Fedora 26 with virt-manager 1.4.2
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Two mouse cursors when using virt-manager

I created a VM (host: Fedora 25, guest: LUbuntu 16.10) using virt-manager. When I start it and click on the window, I see two cursors: one host cursor and another guest cursor: The movement of the guest cursor is restricted by the host cursor…
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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 use PuTTY and Xming and have virt-manager to run…
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How can I use macvtap for bridging to home wifi network?

I have Ubuntu 16 host machine with kvm/libvirt virtual machines. How can I bridge the virtual machines to my host's connected wifi network (my home wifi network)? I see people say something about macvtap since the names of interfaces in Ubuntu 16…
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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 there any way I can hold back certain keys /…
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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 mirrored onto the other displays rather than…
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