Hi "T", On Sep 24, 2011, at 03:46 , Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
> On 09/23/2011 01:41 AM, Stephan Wiesand wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Sep 23, 2011, at 00:30 , Todd And Margo Chester wrote: >> >>> I am migrating from Virtual Box on my old server (CentOS 5.6 x32) to KVM on >>> my new server (SL6.1 x64). >>> >>> Virtual box has a collection of drivers to assist the guest called >>> "Guest Additions". These drives give you shared clipboard >>> and shared mouse, among other things. >>> >>> Question: does KVM have a similar package of guest drivers? >>> I am specifically looking for mouse sharing and shared clipboard. >>> I am not sure if I need a special video driver as well. >> eventually, SPICE will be what you're looking for. See >> http://www.spice-space.org/features.html . >> >> Some of the components come with SL, some can be downloaded elsewhere. But >> right now, it's probably not quite finished and hard to get going. >> > > Hi Stephan, > > Is this the spice you are referring to? > > http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/16005959/dir/scientific_linux_6/com/spice-xpi-2.4-4.el6.x86_64.rpm.html I'm referring to the packages coming with SL6.1: SL % ls 6.1/x86_64/Packages/spice* 6.1/x86_64/Packages/spice-client-0.8.0-2.el6.x86_64.rpm 6.1/x86_64/Packages/spice-common-devel-0.4.2-7.el6.i686.rpm 6.1/x86_64/Packages/spice-common-devel-0.4.2-7.el6.x86_64.rpm 6.1/x86_64/Packages/spice-protocol-0.8.0-1.el6.noarch.rpm 6.1/x86_64/Packages/spice-server-0.8.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm 6.1/x86_64/Packages/spice-server-devel-0.8.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm 6.1/x86_64/Packages/spice-vdagent-0.6.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm 6.1/x86_64/Packages/spice-xpi-2.4-4.el6.x86_64.rpm The one you found on pbone is one of them, but not the most important one. Here are the notes I jotted down while trying it (securely) with an SL6 VM on an SL6 host (probably using 6.0 beta): --8<-- o make sure xorg-x11-drv-qxl and spice-server are installed in the vm o virsh edit <vm> <graphics type='spice' port='5903' autoport='no' keymap='en-us'/> <video> <model type='qxl' heads='1'/> <alias name='video0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> o on the host, install spice-client o ssh -L5903:localhost:5903 <host> o spicec -h localhost -p 5903 TODO: SSL connection, USB, Audio, Windows Client, Windows VM, How to use spice-xpi? -->8-- I haven't "gotten a round tuit" for anything on the TODO list. For your Windows VM, you'll probably need the driver/agent/whatever from spice-space.org. I have no clue which version would work with what comes with 6.1. NB for optimum performance (and possibly: reliability) of your XP VM, you'll need the drivers from virtio-win - which is available from TUV, but closed source, with a proprietary license, and can only be used with an active subscription. If I were making a living from running Windows VMs on EL hosts, I'd probably bite the bullet. Cheers, Stephan -- Stephan Wiesand DESY -DV- Platanenenallee 6 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
