Quoting James Crow ([email protected]): > Hello, > > I posted on the Ubuntu-User list, but received no helpful replies. > > I have a 12.04 amd64 desktop install that I am trying to use > kvm-spice to run a virtual Windows install. kvm is working fine and > I have a regular vnc guest (Windows XP) that is running. I tried to > create a new guest using kvm-spice as the hypervisor. I used an iso > image and allocated a 40GB image file. Once the image was created, > the guest shows as running, but I have no video in either the > Virtual Machine Manager or connecting with spicy. > > Does anyone have a working kvm-spice install on 12.04?
I've used it, yes. It does have problems, which is why it remains a tech preview. (There are also concerns about where the package is heading.) Make sure that you've added '-enable-kvm' to the arguments or it'll run unaccelerated... The guest must support qxl. But the most annoying thing has been that for instance grub screens aren't visible. I've had working ubuntu+unity, kubuntu, and fedora installs under kvm-spice. Sometimes when grub decides it doesn't want to boot until I hit return, I just get a blank screen and I have to boot with -vnc to get a clean boot. Have you installed the SPICE client binaries in the windows guest? See 'Windows client' under http://spice-space.org/download.html (linking to http://spice-space.org/download/binaries/spice-client-win32-0.6.3.zip ) Perhaps you can boot with vnc, run the spicec.exe in there, and then boot with spice? I don't know... haven't yet had a chance to try. -serge -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
