Re: kvm 84 update

[Charles Duffy <Charles_Duffy@messageone.com>]

Armindo Silva wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Charles Duffy
> <Charles_Duffy@messageone.com> wrote:
>> What problems with the VNC window?
> The mouse is always out of sync.

That's what -usbdevice tablet is for.

>>> Other problem is that all my guest lost their default network config -
>>> they all had static ips if i configure them again with the same
>>> settings windows warn me about that address being in use by a hidden
>>> network device (if i ignore that message it works - at least as far i
>>> can tell).
>> Perhaps you aren't specifying MAC address on the command line, so they get a
>> new one every boot?
> 
> I am launching the machines like this (i am using libvirt):
>  /usr/bin/kvm -M pc -m 2000 -smp 3 -monitor pty -localtime -boot c
> -drive file=/mnt/vm/db/newroot.qcow2,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -drive
> file=/mnt/vm/db/databases.qcow2,if=ide,index=1 -drive
> file=/mnt/backup/isos/os/w2k3_server_sp2.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2
> -net nic,macaddr=00:16:3e:67:a9:4a,vlan=0 -net tap,fd=7,script=,vlan=0
> -usb -vnc 192.168.0.250:10008

Yup, looks fine.

I don't know Windows well enough to know under which circumstances it 
behaves as you describe, and would suggest diagnosing things starting 
from that direction.

>>> Also now, all of them (including fresh VMs) have a new PCI
>>> Device to which i cannot find drivers - i am not using virtio so
>>> everything thing should be working, right?
>> That's the virtio console. It's on by default, and completely harmless;
>> ignore it.
> 
> Even with virtio disabled?

There isn't really a concept of globally disabling virtio. Even if you 
haven't enabled the virtio network or block devices, the virtio console 
is still enabled by default in kvm-84.