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virt-manager is deprecated and moving to the cockpit project, RHEL/CENTOS/FEDORA
Different alternatives exists to manage kvm guests: * Cockpit Webgui - Limited functionality, works in any webbrowser after enabling webgui and the webgui virtualization plugin on the server * Virt-manager GUI -…
qemu/kvm/libvirt guests, up and running checklist
Updated continually, Getting started with libvirt, a checklist Requirements: KVM hypervisor/virtualization packages on your virtualization host/libvirt host Management can either be done using: * Command line, the virsh…
SPICE server slow performance, change display server from wayland to xorg
This post is a part of “up and running with libvirt guests series” myLibvirtGuest# echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE #check current display server wayland myLibvirtGuest# logout At the login screen, select the "gear" icon and…
vlc transparent
To make the playback window always on top select Video -> Always On Top from the menu. (Mac Video -> “Float on Top”) I don’t see a way to change the transparency when VLC goes out of focus without using a window manager…
"Open message in conversation" does not work or do anything Thunderbird solution
This can be because the message gets marked as 'hot', when unchecking 'hot' from the message it can be read in the 'open conversation' view again. Go to the 'send' inbox and search for the conversation using the info in…
Cant connect to hyper v manager, probably because you don't have permissions for your current user
Solution: COMPUTER MANAGEMENT > Local Users and groups > groups > hyper v > add user to hyper v group > sign in and out
The Virtual Machine Management Service encountered and error while configuring the hard disk
TLDR: you already have a hard disk created in your save folder with this name. Remove it or rename your vm.