[snip] >> * not everything is exposed via libvirt: >> virsh can retrieve vncdisplay >> but libvirt (or at least the python bindings) does not. How come? >> This happens to be one thing I need for writing a libvirt backend for my >> virtual desktop software. > > The 'virsh vncdisplay' command is simply fetching the XML doc for the > guest and then extracting the VNC port using a xpath expression > > /domain/devices/graphics[@type='vnc']/@port > > So for python you'd want to just get an XML handling module and do similar. Yes, I saw that in the virsh code. Shouldn't this be part of the libvirt api proper?? Isn't it supposed to shield us from dealing with files and XML? Cheers Antoine -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list