[libvirt-users] help to implement LXC terminal

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 06:52:58PM +0400, Fl at sh wrote:
>     Hi, guys!
> I began to write qt-virt-manager
> (https://github.com/F1ash/qt-virt-manager), using libvirt API.
> I'm currently trying to implement a terminal for
> LXC-containers, but I do not have enough knowledge and
> experience. As I understand it, i must use
> virDomainOpenConsole, which binds virStream with working
> domain (Virtual Machine). But how to use this stream, I do
> not know ( I found qterminalwidget to implement the terminal,
> but I do not know how to tie them). Can anyone suggest how
> can I do?

The best bet is to look at the virt-manager source. The serialcon.py
file wires up a virStream to a VTE widget (the GNOME terminal
emulator widget)

Regards,
Daniel
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