[Tutorial] How to install Virt-Manager Correctly on EOS/Arch base systems

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It seems to be happening with eos live and installed VM. After loading eos fails to load DE graphical environment only mouse pointer gets loaded. Then I tried ArcoLinux with the same graphic settings and it worked. Might be due to Open GL. Would be grate if a dev could look into it.

3D enabled.
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Arco Live Environment.
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@ricklinux

Have you tried gnome-boxes? I assume KDE also has a similar app.
Anyway, gnome-boxes is a wrapper around qemu as well, and it is quite easy to use.
I recently tried it, and seems to work well.

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I just installed eos BSPWM edition and it worked with 34 enabled. Iā€™m testing KDE as we speak to see if this is got to do with the compositor. Because BSPWM has picom.

If KDE works I will check with Arco Linux XFCE. To see if itā€™s caused by XFCE generally or not.

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No i havenā€™t tried it. But if KDE has something similar i could.

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It is possible to install gnome-boxes to KDEā€¦

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Okay. Just using normal methods.

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Yes. And the guest system needs spice-vdagent package to make it work smoother.

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I got i running but is only Bios mode?

Edit:
What do i need to install besides gnome-boxes?

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On host it automatically takes all needed dependencies.
On guest the thing I mentioned above. You can do this while running the guest.

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It was working better before i added stuff to conf files and added that package but only works on Bios.

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So far I just tried it, but didnā€™t try any UEFI mode. And Iā€™m not at my linux box right now, canā€™t check it eitherā€¦

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I donā€™t see any UEFI mode?

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Iā€™m not yet very familiar with gnome-boxes so I donā€™t know how to make it support UEFI mode, sorryā€¦

Edit: found this: https://blog.agchapman.com/configuring-gnome-boxes-vms-using-virt-manager/

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Yesā€¦this looks much better. I think i uninstall Gnome boxes and try this way.
Edit: I guess you still need Gnome boxes installed?

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Gnome boxes is just another wrapper, so it can be uninstalled.
But other wrappers will need mostly the same dependencies.

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I actually like vmware workstation but i just need help figure out how to make the network connections work on here.

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You mean with VMWare? doesnā€™t it work out of the box?

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Iā€™m going to load it again right now.

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EDIT Made: Added a note mentioning the current issue with XFCE DE.

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I decided i stick with virt-manager.

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