[virt-tools-list] Using Spice with virt-install

[Diptanu Gon Choudhury]

Thanks so much! This works for me now.


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 05/28/2013 12:23 AM, Diptanu Gon Choudhury wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just began installing virt-tools. Trying to install a windows 2008
> server with
> > virt-install and spice as the protocol to access the VDI.
> >
> > Using the following command -
> >
> > sudo virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name WinServ2008 --ram 4096
> > --vcpus 2 --disk
> > path=~/Boxes/qemu/winserver2008.qcow2,format=qcow2,bus=virtio,cache=none
> > --disk path=~/Downloads/virtio-win-0.1-59.iso,device=cdrom --cdrom
> > ~/Boxes/iso/Win_2008_R2_64Bit_Standard_w_SP1_MLF_X17-22580.ISO
> > --network=bridge:virbr0,model=e1000 *--graphics
> >  spice,port=5901,listen=0.0.0.0* --accelerate --soundhw ac97
> --os-type=windows
> > --os-variant=win2k8  --noautoconsole --accelerate --noapic --keymap=en-us
> >
> >
> > I am getting the error - ERROR    *Cannot mix --graphics and old style
> > graphical options*
> >
> > I would be glad if anyone cant point me to what I am doing wrong here. I
> > couldn't find any spice example in the man pages of virt-install.
>
> The problem is combining --keymap with --graphics. You should use
> --graphics
> ...,keymap=en-us (but in reality, specifying the keymap here is likely
> redundant and you can drop it).
>
> That error should be improved to explicitly mention the conflicting option.
> I'll take a bug report for it.
>
> - Cole
>
>


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Diptanu Choudhury
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