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Matthias Kretz: qemu/kvm and Vista

nospam@example.com (Matthias Kretz) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:38:05 +0200

My goal was to have the Vista machine not on the network except for RDP access from outside (because using RDP is much nicer than the VNC support from qemu). Now I don't have to worry much about security issues with this system.

Matthias Kretz: qemu/kvm and Vista

nospam@example.com (Matthias Kretz) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:34:51 +0200

I was using VirtualBox with Vista before but switched to kvm because of the SMP support for guest systems. Apparently VirtualBox 3 will finally have that, though. I can recommend kvm, but VirtualBox is very easy to set up and also works good.

Osis: qemu/kvm and Vista

nospam@example.com (Osis) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:25:16 +0200

i chose to configure networkinf in qemu myself as result i have bridged and getting ip address from conventional dhcp server that i already had in my network. I would like to note, that dhcp client on Vista works weirdly (if you loose connection sometimes vista just refuses to renew its ip address and does not work)

anon: qemu/kvm and Vista

nospam@example.com (anon) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:56:27 +0200

qemu seems to be completely open why virtualbox offers some features (like usb) only available in a non-free (as in freedom) version.

Sam: qemu/kvm and Vista

nospam@example.com (Sam) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:20:01 +0200

Have you tried VirtualBox? I'm about to setup several images (mix between XP, W7, Linux) and I have not decided if I should use [QK]emu or VirtualBox. Any suggestions? I think I'll be running the hosts on a Linux box. Sam

Matthias Kretz: qemu/kvm and Vista

nospam@example.com (Matthias Kretz) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:32:38 +0200

Ha, I see that actually the qemu docs also say the right IP (just not that it's necessary to make -redir work). For some reason I never noticed it

Matthias Kretz: qemu/kvm and Vista

nospam@example.com (Matthias Kretz) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:29:06 +0200

That part is documented on the qemu homepage, which is why I forgot to mention it. Subnet 255.255.255.0 Gateway 10.0.2.2 DNS 10.0.2.3 See also: http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/qemu-doc.html#SEC32

kedadi: qemu/kvm and Vista

nospam@example.com (kedadi) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:23:52 +0200

what about the gateway address and subnet mask?

DanaKil: KUbuntu 9.04 hangs

nospam@example.com (DanaKil) — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:33:26 +0200

I will try that, thanks :o

nixternal: KUbuntu 9.04 hangs

nospam@example.com (nixternal) — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:27:39 +0200

System Settings -> Display: Make sure to check 'Ctrl+Alt+Backspace restarts the xserver', click Apply/OK. This will install an application called 'dontzap' that will bring back this function to X. You can also do it via command line. First install the 'dontzap' package: # sudo apt-get install dontzap Once it is installed, disable it, which brings back the funtion you want: # sudo dontzap -d

OnlyWhisly): KUbuntu 9.04 hangs

nospam@example.com (OnlyWhisly)) — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:58:57 +0200

Debian sid hangs to sometimes while in idle mode, but I think it is my wireless network which cause hang.

Nikos: KUbuntu 9.04 hangs

nospam@example.com (Nikos) — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:01:44 +0200

I have the same problem with kubuntu 9.04 for a long time. It makes the system a pain to use, as it becomes unresponsive very quickly.

DanaKil: KUbuntu 9.04 hangs

nospam@example.com (DanaKil) — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:05:29 +0200

same problem here I think. And another problem, I can't kill X server with "ctrl alt backspace" anymore (even when kubuntu isn't freezed)... strange (nvidia btw)

Matthias Kretz: KUbuntu 9.04 hangs

nospam@example.com (Matthias Kretz) — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:55:47 +0200

According to the benchmarks posted on www.phoronix.com the latest intel drivers are performing badly whatever you do. XAA or older version (which probably uses XAA then) is apparently the only fast Intel atm (at least for 2D, OpenGL got a lot better for me with the latest intel).

User: KUbuntu 9.04 hangs

nospam@example.com (User) — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:02:33 +0200

When I use SysRq I do it using: SysRq + R + E + I + S + U + B ---> To reboot and SysRq + R + E + I + S + U + O ---> To shutdown More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key Why you don't try to purge and reinstall dbus and some other related packages?