DAVE MERRICK

Tag: KVM

  • How to use KVM/QEMU from the Terminal

    Together, KVM and QEMU allow you to create and run virtual machines on your Linux system from the terminal.

  • Fixing KVM spice-vdagent Display Auto-Resize Issue in Debian 12 With KDE Plasma, or desktops other than Gnome.

    You are running a Debian in a KVM VM. You installed spice-vdagent, started and enabled the service, yet nothing works. No screen resizing, nothing. Note: This problem still exists in Debian 12.2 Here’s the fix: Copy spice-vdagent.desktop to User’s Autostart Directory: Edit the Copied File Open ~/.config/autostart/spice-vdagent.desktop with a text editor.

  • DHCP Reservations with KVM/QEMU

    You can set static IP addresses (DHCP reservations) for your virtual machines in KVM/QEMU using libvirt’s built-in DNS/DHCP server. This is done by modifying the network definition XML file.

Together, KVM and QEMU allow you to create and run virtual machines on your Linux system from the terminal.