Sankar P wrote: > 2014/1/7 Bruno Friedmann <[email protected]>: > >> On Tuesday 07 January 2014 10.26:34 Sankar P wrote: >> >>> Hi Bruno, >>> >>> Sorry for the late reply as I did not get your mail as I was not >>> subscribed to the >>> list and I forgot to add my email address explicitly in the CC. >>> >>> >>> >>>> The qmenu xml definition in a host will look like >>>> >>> Also, sorry to say that I was not able to understand what you meant by >>> qmenu xml definition. I am a total newbie when it comes to setting up >>> VMs and have used jsut virtualbox with its helpful gui so far. If it >>> is not too much of an effort, can you explain the steps for >>> using/generating this XML or point me to relevant documentation where >>> I can get static IP for my VM but with internet access ? I searched >>> around but could not find anything newbie friendly. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Sankar >>> >>> >> Sorry if it was not clear, first I would recommend this bible :-) >> http://activedoc.opensuse.org/book/opensuse-virtualization-with-kvm >> >> You will then learn how to edit manually, or with virsh or virt-manager gui >> the definition of your vm. >> >> Hope this help you, otherwise, just ping back. >> >> > > ah, there seem to be a problem. The doc recommends me to create a new > bridged network card (section 4.1.1.5) . Also my VM currently says: > libvirt connection does not support interface management.
What distro? 13.1? Since 12.1, libvirt uses libnetcontrol for interface management on openSUSE. > However, > since I am using network-manager I cannot use YaST to create a new > bridged network card. I want to continue using network manager, as I > want to access my wireless at home etc. > > So what will be the way forward ? To be honest, it feels like such a > basic workflow requirement to require a static IP for a VM, that I am > surprised that it is not straightforward. Any other help or pointers ? > The libvirt wiki has quite a bit of info regarding libvirt's network support http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Main_Page#Networking Regards, Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
