[OpenIndiana-discuss] /hipster: kvm questions

[Predrag Zečević - Technical Support Analyst]

Hi all,

due to lack of VirtualBox support after July illumos changes, I moved
Windows VM (used for skype mainly) to kvm...

KVM guests start fine, but:
* I am unable to use shared folders (not terribly important, but nice to
have)
* clipboards sharing between host/guest does not work. I spent some time
looking around for solution, and almost every document mentions "spice"
tools, but our qemu-kvm is not compiled to support it. tigervnc (if I
start guest with vnc) also does not work (although clipboards sharing is
enabled)
* I cannot get better resolution than 1024*768 - whatever I do it is not
possible to use 1280x720x32 or 1366x768x32

Does anyone uses kvm and knows solution for (best would be, if possible)
for all 3 problems I have faced with?

Regards.
--
Predrag Zečević
Technical Support Analyst
2e Systems GmbH

tel: +49 - 6196 - 95058 - 15
mob: +49 - 174 - 3109288
fax: +49 - 6196 - 95058 - 94
e-mail: ***@2e-systems.com

headquarter: 2e Systems GmbH, Koenigsteiner Str. 87, 65812 Bad Soden am
Taunus, Germany
registration: Amtsgericht Koenigstein (Germany), HRB 7303
managing director: Phil Douglas

http://www.2e-systems.com/ - Making your business fly!

[Predrag Zečević - Technical Support Analyst]

On 09/28/18 10:11, Predrag Zečević - Technical Support Analyst wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> due to lack of VirtualBox support after July illumos changes, I moved
> Windows VM (used for skype mainly) to kvm...
>
> KVM guests start fine, but:
> * I am unable to use shared folders (not terribly important, but nice to
> have)
> * clipboards sharing between host/guest does not work. I spent some time
> looking around for solution, and almost every document mentions "spice"
> tools, but our qemu-kvm is not compiled to support it. tigervnc (if I
> start guest with vnc) also does not work (although clipboards sharing is
> enabled)
> * I cannot get better resolution than 1024*768 - whatever I do it is not
> possible to use 1280x720x32 or 1366x768x32
>
> Does anyone uses kvm and knows solution for (best would be, if possible)
> for all 3 problems I have faced with?
>
> Regards.

To replay to myself:

$ qemu-kvm -h | grep spice
-spice <args> enable spice

$ qemu-kvm -spice help
qemu-kvm: -spice help: there is no option group "spice"
spice is not supported by this qemu build.

Command to start guest:
$ qemu-kvm -m 1536M -cpu host -drive
file=/dev/zvol/rdsk/pz512/VBoxGuests/Win10_64-HD1 -netdev user,id=vlan0
-net nic,model=e1000,netdev=vlan0 -k de -smp 1 -localtime -soundhw all
-no-hpet -bios /usr/share/qemu/bios.bin -usbdevice tablet -monitor
tcp:0:55010,server,nowait -daemonize

Regards.
--
Predrag Zečević
Technical Support Analyst
2e Systems GmbH

tel: +49 - 6196 - 95058 - 15
mob: +49 - 174 - 3109288
fax: +49 - 6196 - 95058 - 94
e-mail: ***@2e-systems.com

headquarter: 2e Systems GmbH, Koenigsteiner Str. 87, 65812 Bad Soden am
Taunus, Germany
registration: Amtsgericht Koenigstein (Germany), HRB 7303
managing director: Phil Douglas

http://www.2e-systems.com/ - Making your business fly!

[Alexander Pyhalov via openindiana-discuss]

Hi.
We miss spice libs to build qemu with them. I don't know if somebody has looked at porting them.

С уважением,
Александр Пыхалов,
программист отдела телекоммуникационной инфраструктуры
управления информационно-коммуникационной инфраструктуры ЮФУ


________________________________________
От: Predrag Zečević - Technical Support Analyst <***@2e-systems.com>
Отправлено: 28 сентября 2018 г. 11:24:08
Кому: openindiana-***@openindiana.org
Тема: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] /hipster: kvm questions

On 09/28/18 10:11, Predrag Zečević - Technical Support Analyst wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> due to lack of VirtualBox support after July illumos changes, I moved
> Windows VM (used for skype mainly) to kvm...
>
> KVM guests start fine, but:
> * I am unable to use shared folders (not terribly important, but nice to
> have)
> * clipboards sharing between host/guest does not work. I spent some time
> looking around for solution, and almost every document mentions "spice"
> tools, but our qemu-kvm is not compiled to support it. tigervnc (if I
> start guest with vnc) also does not work (although clipboards sharing is
> enabled)
> * I cannot get better resolution than 1024*768 - whatever I do it is not
> possible to use 1280x720x32 or 1366x768x32
>
> Does anyone uses kvm and knows solution for (best would be, if possible)
> for all 3 problems I have faced with?
>
> Regards.

To replay to myself:

$ qemu-kvm -h | grep spice
-spice <args> enable spice

$ qemu-kvm -spice help
qemu-kvm: -spice help: there is no option group "spice"
spice is not supported by this qemu build.

Command to start guest:
$ qemu-kvm -m 1536M -cpu host -drive
file=/dev/zvol/rdsk/pz512/VBoxGuests/Win10_64-HD1 -netdev user,id=vlan0
-net nic,model=e1000,netdev=vlan0 -k de -smp 1 -localtime -soundhw all
-no-hpet -bios /usr/share/qemu/bios.bin -usbdevice tablet -monitor
tcp:0:55010,server,nowait -daemonize

Regards.
--
Predrag Zečević
Technical Support Analyst
2e Systems GmbH

tel: +49 - 6196 - 95058 - 15
mob: +49 - 174 - 3109288
fax: +49 - 6196 - 95058 - 94
e-mail: ***@2e-systems.com

headquarter: 2e Systems GmbH, Koenigsteiner Str. 87, 65812 Bad Soden am
Taunus, Germany
registration: Amtsgericht Koenigstein (Germany), HRB 7303
managing director: Phil Douglas

http://www.2e-systems.com/ - Making your business fly!

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