On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Charles Duffy <Charles_Duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Armindo Silva wrote: >> >> There are a few glitches/problems with this version (at least using >> win2k3 server as guest). The problems with the vnc window only >> disappear when i create a new guest, with the old ones the mouse is >> still out of sync. > > What problems with the VNC window? The mouse is always out of sync. > >> 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 There is a mac in there. > >> 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? Thanks for your reply. Armindo -- -- "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible." Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html