On 02/06/2014 06:40 PM, Milos Blazevic wrote: > 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. > BTW, as far as I know, Windows QXL drivers are supported only on XP and 7. -- *Milos Blazevic* Signature Cert. No: 805010564450148