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@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ This is a simple gtk-based gui for qemu. It is designed to run independant from the qemu process, so you can stop and restart the gui without disturbing your virtual machines. -qemu-gtk doesn't (yet?) support starting and stopping virtual -machines. It can only connect to a already running qemu process. +qemu-gtk doesn't support starting a new virtual machines. It can only +connect to a already running qemu process. +qemu-gtk-run is a perl script for starting virtual machines. Gets the +vm configuration from libvirt. -using qemu-gtk --------------- +Both tools come with a manual page for documentation. + + +qemu-gtk quickstart +------------------- qemu-gtk connects to the qemu monitor using tcp or unix sockets and to the built-in vnc server. Thus you must enable the monitor and vnc @@ -29,6 +34,15 @@ qemu-gtk will figure automatically where the vnc display is, using the monitor. +qemu-gtk-run quickstart +----------------------- + +qemu-gtk-run fetches the configuration from libvirt (via virsh dumpxml +$name), assembles a qemu command line from that, then starts qemu +directly (i.e. *not* using libvirt for management). It also starts +qemu-gtk. Just "qemu-gtk-run $name" starts your VM. + + Have fun, Gerd |