Re: [Users] virt-io drivers for windows xp
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:33 AM, David Jaša wrote: Why don't you use latest spice guest tools? They are linked at http://www.spice-space.org/download.html . You could also follow spice-announce list @ lists.freedesktop.org. The latest tools will give you some goodies: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2013-October/014789.html ;) Yes, I plan to update it. I already updated them on another VM with Win 7. In the past I had problems with virtio on Windows XP, especially the network part. So my answer was only to give an example of a working virtio disk+net combination for Win XP. I'll let you know how it goes with latest spice-guest-tools Gianluca ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] virt-io drivers for windows xp
Mario Giammarco píše v St 16. 10. 2013 v 05:51 +: Martijn Grendelman martijn.grendelman@... writes: I have been playing with the VirtIO drivers from mentioned ISO on Windows XP, but I experienced a lot of BSODs. In the end, I set NICs to emulate as rtl8139 and disks as IDE, and that seems to work. Many thanks, infact during creation of windows vm I have chosen the windows option in vm wizard. I cannot guess that the wizard made a strange choice using virtio drivers when for windows is best to use ide and rtl. The choice is not strange given: 1) availability of virtual floppy with virtio drivers 2) dreadful performance of emulated devices compared to virtio ones The minor annoyance during installation (need to attach a floppy and do F6/Load Drivers) really pays off. David Anyway with spice display mouse is unusable so I must use vnc (with windows 7 mouse works) ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- David Jaša, RHCE SPICE QE based in Brno GPG Key: 22C33E24 Fingerprint: 513A 060B D1B4 2A72 7F0D 0278 B125 CD00 22C3 3E24 smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] virt-io drivers for windows xp
Hi, I have been playing with the VirtIO drivers from mentioned ISO on Windows XP, but I experienced a lot of BSODs. In the end, I set NICs to emulate as rtl8139 and disks as IDE, and that seems to work. Many thanks, infact during creation of windows vm I have chosen the windows option in vm wizard. I cannot guess that the wizard made a strange choice using virtio drivers when for windows is best to use ide and rtl. The choice is not strange given: 1) availability of virtual floppy with virtio drivers 2) dreadful performance of emulated devices compared to virtio ones The minor annoyance during installation (need to attach a floppy and do F6/Load Drivers) really pays off. Like I said, Windows XP kept crashing a lot (reproducible crash on shutdown and more random crashes during normal operation) with the VirtIO drivers. I'm not sure if it was network or disk, but it didn't work well, that's for sure. With the IDE/RTL8139 combination, XP has been running stable for a few weeks now. Regards, Martijn. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] virt-io drivers for windows xp
noc noc@... writes: http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/ is the place too look for. The proxmox site/forum has a wiki page describing which folder Thank infact proxmox documentation is more detailed. Anyway my blocking problem now is that, even if I have installed the spice qxl driver the mouse is unusable if I enable spice console, so I can only use vnc under Windows. Thanks again for help, Mario ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] virt-io drivers for windows xp
Mario Giammarco mgiammarco@... writes: Anyway my blocking problem now is that, even if I have installed the spice qxl driver the mouse is unusable if I enable spice console, so I can only use vnc under Windows. Update: tried windows7 and mouse works nice. I cannot use usb-client mode. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] virt-io drivers for windows xp
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Mario Giammarco wrote: noc noc@... writes: http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/ is the place too look for. The proxmox site/forum has a wiki page describing which folder Thank infact proxmox documentation is more detailed. Anyway my blocking problem now is that, even if I have installed the spice qxl driver the mouse is unusable if I enable spice console, so I can only use vnc under Windows. I have an oVirt 3.2.3 all-in-one environment based on fedora 18 and oVirt stable repo where I have a windows xp sp3 VM running fine with spice console. I think I installed spice-guest-tools-0.3.exe In device manager the red hat QXL GPU driver is marked as: 5.1.0.10016 15/10/2012 VirtIO scsi driver is 51.64.104.5200 22/01/2013 VirtIO network driver is 51.64.104.4900 29/11/2012 Only limit seems network card that takes a little (1-2 minutes) to initialize, but I saw the same in the past for physical hw. I see that this link still works: http://spice-space.org/download/binaries/spice-guest-tools/spice-guest-tools-0.3.exe You can try it. HIH, Gianluca ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] virt-io drivers for windows xp
Martijn Grendelman martijn.grendelman@... writes: I have been playing with the VirtIO drivers from mentioned ISO on Windows XP, but I experienced a lot of BSODs. In the end, I set NICs to emulate as rtl8139 and disks as IDE, and that seems to work. Many thanks, infact during creation of windows vm I have chosen the windows option in vm wizard. I cannot guess that the wizard made a strange choice using virtio drivers when for windows is best to use ide and rtl. Anyway with spice display mouse is unusable so I must use vnc (with windows 7 mouse works) ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] virt-io drivers for windows xp
Op 13-10-2013 17:38, noc schreef: On 12-10-2013 18:06, Mario Giammarco wrote: Hello, Where can I find an ISO with all drivers for ovirt? http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/ is the place too look for. Insert the iso when you need the drivers. The proxmox site/forum has a wiki page describing which folder belongs to what component. Some are straight forward some are rather cryptic :-) Search for virtio-win, I think. Joop I have been playing with the VirtIO drivers from mentioned ISO on Windows XP, but I experienced a lot of BSODs. In the end, I set NICs to emulate as rtl8139 and disks as IDE, and that seems to work. Cheers, Martijn. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[Users] virt-io drivers for windows xp
Hello, I am testing ovirt and now I have tried to install a windows xp image. I used standard options but: - with spice display mouse is unusable, solved using vnc; - anyway all drivers (net,vga,others) are missing. I have found a virt-io iso but it does not work. Where can I find an ISO with all drivers for ovirt? Thanks, Mario ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
