On 02/06/2014 04:49 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote: >>> I have installed a Windows instance as a kvm guest on a host running >>> CentOS-6.5. I can access the desktop through the virt-manager console >>> and >>> everythign seems to work, although the mouse cursor seems to get lost >>> from >>> time to time. >>> >>> The virt-manager console display supports various resolutions but when >>> I >>> re-size the desktop display remains essentially a square inside a >>> letter box. >>> What other methods are available to open the windows desktop from the >>> CentOS-6.5 host console or by remote access that allow me to have a >>> re-sizable >>> MS-Windows desktop display for this guest running on my normal >>> (gnome2) >>> desktop? >> What I do is change the resolution inside the guest, or use rdesktop >> with the desired geometry. >> There's no resizable display with virt-manager yet (a la Vbox). > Even with VMware I generally prefer to connect directly to the guest > with vnc, redesktop, NX, etc. instead of the VM console once the > network access is configured. > > However the main problem I have with the virt-manager console is that > when using NX/freenx to the KVM host, the mouse pointers seems to run > at a wildly different resolution than the screen display. I can > usually manage to get the pointer where I want but it often involves > going 'past' the edge of the guest screen to get somewhat in sync, > then back where I wanted it. Is there some way to get the console's > mouse to track the positioning of the host's X screen as managed by > freenx? > James, you may want to try out: Spice client + QXL drivers installed inside VM + Spice Guest tools installed inside VM + VM video driver set to 'qlx' + configuring Windows 7 VM with Spice Display device From there, you'll be connecting to the VM console via the hypervisor: console displays are only exported on hypervisor localhost. That way you should be getting the best user experience - smooth mouse control, guest resolution adapting to the client screen resolution/geometry. Worked for me with both WindowsXP and CentOS 6. -- *Milos Blazevic* Signature Cert. No: 805010564450148