On Thu 02/05/2024 at 20:14, Gareth Evans <donots...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On Thu 02/05/2024 at 19:57, Stephen P. Molnar <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> On 05/02/2024 12:54 PM, Gareth Evans wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 2 May 2024, at 17:47, Gareth Evans <donots...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 2 May 2024, at 15:43, Stephen P. Molnar <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am running Bookworm and have implemented QEMU/KVM virt-manager. >>>>> When I install a client I have been using virt-manager --> View >>>>> -->Scale Display --> Always. However, now the 'Always ', the only >>>>> option available is the default 'Only when Fullscreen'. >>>> >>>> Is Bookworm the VM client too? With GUI? Does this happen for all >>>> clients, just one, or one type? >>>> >>>> Off the top of my head, I think the scale always option may disappear >>>> if the guest display doesn't support it - I seem to recall VirtualBox >>>> Guest Additions being required for this functionality for some guests >>>> in VirtualBox (which I acknowledge you are not using, I'm just >>>> saying...) so I don't think it's "straightforward" functionality >>> >>> What video protocol are you using? >>> >>> spice-vdagent is mentioned here a few comments down >>> >>> https://forum.manjaro.org/t/virt-manager-scale-display-not-working/138275/3 >> I am using the procedure in >> https://getlabsdone.com/install-windows-10-on-ubuntu-kvm/ >> >> I am most interested in installing Windows 10, as there computation >> chemistry windows apps that I want to use on Bookworm. However, the same >> problem is resent for Linux clients that I've installed. > > In > > virt-manager > Edit > Preferences > [console tab] > > I see options for > > Graphical console scaling [ Never / Fullscreen only / Always] > Resize guest with window [System default / Off / On] > > This looks like it might just set defaults for options accessible from > the VM view menu, but perhaps worth experimenting with? > > The only Linux VM I have in virt-manager used the spice display manager > by default. > > If you are using spice too, this > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41990600/virt-manager-guest-resize-not-working > > suggests spice-guest-tools is required for Windows clients, with link > to download page > > Does any of that help? > > Best wishes > Gareth
Just noticed the link you provided includes a ref to spice-guest-tools. With an Alpine client (and no "tools") I get less than optimal scaling from virt-manager - some black space at the horizontal edges, but there is a scaling of sorts going on, just not entirely using the available window space. Are you using the stock version of virt-manager? $ apt policy virt-manager virt-manager: Installed: 1:4.1.0-2