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  1. plembo revised this gist Aug 29, 2022. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 3 deletions.
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    # You need spice-vdagent
    Debian or Kali Linux installed to as KVM guests do not automatically have qemu-guest-agent or spice-vdagent installed.
    This will prevent seamless movement of the mouse cursor between the guest and host desktop in Virtual Machine Manager
    (requiring the use of a Ctrl-Alt to release the cursor from the guest window).
    Debian or Kali Linux installed to as KVM (libvirtd) guests do not automatically have qemu-guest-agent or spice-vdagent installed. This will prevent seamless movement of the mouse cursor between the guest and host desktop in Virtual Machine Manager (requiring the use of a Ctrl-Alt to release the cursor from the guest window).

    To cure this, install both qemu-guest-agent and spice-vdagent on each guest and reboot (the guests).

  2. plembo revised this gist Jun 9, 2019. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 10 deletions.
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    @@ -3,16 +3,7 @@ Debian or Kali Linux installed to as KVM guests do not automatically have qemu-g
    This will prevent seamless movement of the mouse cursor between the guest and host desktop in Virtual Machine Manager
    (requiring the use of a Ctrl-Alt to release the cursor from the guest window).

    To cure this, install both qemu-guest-agent and spice-vdagent in the host and guest.

    On the host:

    ```
    $ sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent
    $ sudo apt install spice-vdagent
    ```

    On the guest:
    To cure this, install both qemu-guest-agent and spice-vdagent on each guest and reboot (the guests).

    ```
    $ sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent
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    # You need spice-vdagent
    Debian or Kali Linux installed to as KVM guests do not automatically have qemu-guest-agent or spice-vdagent installed.
    This will prevent seamless movement of the mouse cursor between the guest and host desktop in Virtual Machine Manager
    (requiring the use of a Ctrl-Alt to release the cursor from the guest window).

    To cure this, install both qemu-guest-agent and spice-vdagent in the host and guest.

    On the host:

    ```
    $ sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent
    $ sudo apt install spice-vdagent
    ```

    On the guest:

    ```
    $ sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent
    $ sudo apt install spice-vdagent
    ```