Hi

Also the cd image mentioned by william scott provides guest network and
disk drivers. I think in the current version of kvm without spice just
use the vga driver.

jon

On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 18:26 -0700, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
> On 09/22/2011 05:21 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: 
> > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Todd And Margo Chester
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > I am migrating from Virtual Box on my old server (CentOS 5.6 x32) to KVM on
> > > my new server (SL6.1 x64).
> > > 
> > > Virtual box has a collection of drivers to assist the guest called
> > > "Guest Additions".  These drives give you shared clipboard
> > > and shared mouse, among other things.
> > > 
> > > Question: does KVM have a similar package of guest drivers?
> > > I am specifically looking for mouse sharing and shared clipboard.
> > > I am not sure if I need a special video driver as well.
> > The console interaction with KVM is VNC with delusions of integration.
> > If possible, I'd suggest that you use an actual X session or SSH
> > session, which is likely to work much better with your local
> > environment.
> > 
> > If you need re-connectable or shared X sessions with heavily optimized
> > network performance, consider using NX based solutions.
> > 
> Hi Nico,
> 
>     I am confused.
> 
>     I was viewing my VM's through "Applications -> System Tools ->
> Virtual Machine Manager". 
> The first VM I converted was a ReactOS VM from Virtual Box.  The
> keyboard worked, but the
> mouse did not.  I had to constantly <clrl><alt<del> to activate my
> Xsceensaver to get my
> mouse back.
>     
>     Are you saying to get the M$ VM configured with the Virtual
> Machine Manager, then
> install something like Ultra VNC server on it and let uVNC do
> clipboard and mouse
> sharing with krdb (or some such)?  Is there some video driver I should
> be using in the guest?
> 
>     My second attempt to convert my XP guest from Virtual Box bitched
> about my video
> drivers (they were from Virtual Box's guest additions).  So, next
> attempt is to convert my
> XP guest without the Guest Additions.
> 
>     I think my knowledge of Virtual Box is hurting me in my transition
> to KVM.
> 
> Many thanks,
> -T
>    
> 
> 
>