Fedora15 with kvm and spice

[Gilboa Davara]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Alex <mysqlstudent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a win7 x86_64 kvm image I created on a fc14 machine that I've
> now transferred to a new fc15 machine. I'd like to use the new spice
> system to improve video performance. I've searched quite a bit, but
> most references seem to be very dated or incomplete.
>
> Is there any documentation on how to properly configure fc15 to use
> this? Is spice similar to VNC, in that it provides the remote
> emulation and screen updates?
>
> Is there something that needs to be done to modify qemu to work with spice?
>
> I'm currently using the "vga" driver and performance is just horrible.
> What is the proper way to get more reasonable video performance on a
> win7 guest?
>
> Any ideas greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Alex

Hello,

In-order to use spice, you'll have to use the "-vga qxl" and -spice
port=PORT,SECURITY switches and install the qxl drivers on your guest.
On the host / network side, in-order to connect to the guest, you'll
have to install the spice client, and run: spicec -h KVM-host -p PORT.

However, trying to find signed qxl drivers for Windows is problematic
- especially if you plan to use 64bit Windows.
(I simply resigned to using F8->disable driver signing enforcement
when I boot the VM).

- Gilboa