[virt-tools-list] Linux host / Windows guest sharing

[Jonathon Jongsma]

The spice-vdagent should be running in the guest. Have you installed the spice guest tools in your windows guest?  Download them here: http://www.spice-space.org/download.html

That should get clipboard sharing working.



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laszlo Pal" <vlad at vlad.hu>
> To: libvirt-users at redhat.com, virt-tools-list at redhat.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 10:16:50 AM
> Subject: [virt-tools-list] Linux host / Windows guest sharing
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm almost give up again because for a day I try to access my windows
> kvm guest from FC20 :)
> 
> I've tried everything including virtio mapping
> 
> mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L hostshare /tmp/hostfiles
> 
> where I get the following messages
> 
> mount: special device hostshare does not exist
> 
> ---
> ---
> 
> to be honest clipboard sharing would be enough for me, so I googled
> why it is not working and I applied this:
> 
> https://mytechdepot.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/enabling-clipboard-copy-paste-in-redhat-kvm/
> 
> yum install spice-vdagent
> # chkconfig --add spice-vdagentd
> # service spice-vdagentd start
> 
> but, the clipboard sharing isn't working....
> 
> Do you have any idea to solve any of the issues above?
> 
> Thank you
> Vlad
> 
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