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

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