Any idea what I need to do to get a working mouse in a Windows VM? I can click on the SPICE viewer but the mouse pointer is fixed to the left hand border.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 4:38 PM Shareef Jalloq <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I missed all these replies. Thanks for the help. > > I just noticed something funny in the Windows installer. When you get to > the point where it can't find any installation media, if you Load Driver, a > popup appears with a Browse and OK/Cancel options. I assumed that I should > be browsing to the floppy here but if you do that, you get an error that no > signed drivers can be found. Instead, you just have to hit OK when the > popup appears and that somehow finds the drivers. > > I'm assuming that I will need to install the network driver once the > installation has finished? > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 8:37 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok. Personally, I like having an ISO repository, but I like the fact >> that's >> it will be optional. >> Thanks. >> >> Eric Evans >> Digital Data Services LLC. >> 304.660.9080 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Robert Webb <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 4:26 PM >> To: [email protected]; 'Shareef Jalloq' <[email protected]>; >> [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Re: Windows VirtIO drivers >> >> It does work that way. >> >> I found that out as I was testing oVirt and had not created a separate ISO >> Domain. I believe it was Strahil who pointed me in the right direction. >> >> So if one does not have an ISO Domain, it is no longer required. Along >> with >> the fact that ISO Domains are or in the process of being deprecated. >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 3:13 PM >> To: Robert Webb; 'Shareef Jalloq'; [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [ovirt-users] Re: Windows VirtIO drivers >> >> That may be true, but in the ISO domain, when you open virt viewer you can >> change the cd very easily...maybe it works that way as well.. >> >> Eric Evans >> Digital Data Services LLC. >> 304.660.9080 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Robert Webb <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:35 PM >> To: [email protected]; 'Shareef Jalloq' <[email protected]>; >> [email protected] >> Subject: [ovirt-users] Re: Windows VirtIO drivers >> >> Don't think you have to use the ISO Domain any longer. >> >> You can upload to a Data Domain and when you highlight the VM in the >> management GUI, select the three dots in the top left for extra options >> and >> there is a change cd option. That option will allow for attaching an ISO >> from a Data Domain. >> >> That is what I recall when I was using oVirt a month or so ago. >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:28 PM >> To: 'Shareef Jalloq'; [email protected] >> Subject: [ovirt-users] Re: Windows VirtIO drivers >> >> You have to copy the iso and vfd files to the ISO domain to make them >> available to the vm's that need drivers. >> >> engine-iso-uploader options list >> # engine-iso-uploader options upload file file file Documentation is found >> here: https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Utilities.html >> >> Eric Evans >> Digital Data Services LLC. >> 304.660.9080 >> [cid:[email protected]] >> >> From: Shareef Jalloq <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 1:51 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [ovirt-users] Windows VirtIO drivers >> >> Hi, >> >> it seems the online documentation regarding the windows installation steps >> is well out of date. Where is there any current documentation on where to >> get the VirtIO drivers for a Windows installation? >> >> From a bit of Googling, it seems that I need to 'yum install virtio-win' >> on >> the engine VM and then copy the relevant .iso/.vfd to the ISO domain. Is >> that correct? >> >> Where is the documentation maintained and how do I open a bug on it? >> >> Thanks, Shareef. >> >> >> >> >>
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