[libvirt-users] installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question maybe

[Martin Kletzander]

Please don't use HTML messages for the list, or at least configure your
MUA to send both plaintext and HTML messages.

So, here are some pointers:

 - When you are connected you don't see anything because the VM doesn't
   have console properly set up, I'd guess.

 - The string "^]" means "Hold Ctrl and press ]", that's the usual
   escape character, for more info why it's done this way, you can read
   a bit about terminals if you're interested.

 - The command "virsh connect something vm_name" means run virsh, and in
   it execute command "connect something vm_name", but 'connect' means
   connecting to the daemon (or a driver) and takes one argument, so the
   'vm_name' there doesn't make sense.  You could do virsh console
   vm_name, but that's essentially what virt-install did at the end of
   the installation.

 - You might try using virt-manager instead if you're not familiar with
   the terminal (I'm guessing that by the fact that it doesn't look like
   you tried reading the man pages).  virt-manager is able to do
   everything virt-install does and it also offers graphics console and
   other options.  For you the benefit would be that it is GUI.

 - Or if you just want to see the guest, virt-viewer is a lightweight
   viewer that does not have any options to configure the vm, but you
   can use it for accessing the graphics displays.

Hope that helped, have a nice day.

Martin
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