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nonsense

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Registered: 2023-01-02

Posts: 5

virt-manager cannot select virtio video model

I tried to install win11 using virt-manager following some youtube videos today.
The virtual win11 can actually run, but I cannot use virtio or qxl video model.
It shows that:

Error changing VM configuration: unsupported configuration: domain configuration does not support video model 'virtio'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/addhardware.py", line 342, in change_config_helper
    define_func(devobj=devobj, do_hotplug=False, **define_args)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/domain.py", line 923, in define_video
    self._process_device_define(editdev, xmlobj, do_hotplug)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/domain.py", line 534, in _process_device_define
    self._redefine_xmlobj(xmlobj)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/libvirtobject.py", line 391, in _redefine_xmlobj
    self._redefine_xml_internal(origxml, newxml)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/libvirtobject.py", line 374, in _redefine_xml_internal
    self._define(newxml)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/domain.py", line 1137, in _define
    self.conn.define_domain(xml)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 554, in define_domain
    return self._backend.defineXML(xml)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 4495, in defineXML
    raise libvirtError('virDomainDefineXML() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: unsupported configuration: domain configuration does not support video model 'virtio'

I noticed that they have `video qxl` preselected https://ibb.co/V20JRfn while I have `video bochs` preselected https://ibb.co/pzWdrvk.
I have installed virtio-win inside win11 guest machine
Also I tried to load all kernel modules list here using modprobe .
And add intel_iommu=on in arch.conf

title	Arch
linux	/vmlinuz-linux
initrd	/intel-ucode.img
initrd	/initramfs-linux.img
options root="UUID=270595c3-4adf-46c3-b097-9b3e761e88d7" rw nvidia_drm.modeset=1 rtw88_pci.disable_aspm=Y intel_iommu=on

They do not help.

ntqe

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Registered: 2023-11-01

Posts: 1

Re: virt-manager cannot select virtio video model

Getting the same issue here. Have previously had Arch installed and working with Virtio video, something seems to have changed from the last time I was running this setup. I have a Mint VM and Win11 VM, both will not accept 'qxl' or 'virtio' as video drivers. Both VM's work. The Mint VM will allow me to change display resolutions, but the Win11 VM is stuck on a small resolution. Additionally, in Device Manager, the display adapter hardware was showing an error.

Error changing VM configuration: unsupported configuration: domain configuration does not support video model 'qxl'

Installed the virtio drivers, both using the tool that auto installs and manual installation. I have attempted to research this issue online, but haven't found anything concrete. Attempted installation of 'spice' package with no results. Have rebooted. I'm basically running a fresh Arch install with only a few downloaded packages from the last few weeks. Steam, firefox, file manager, etc.

Results from running 'virsh version'

$ virsh version
Compiled against library: libvirt 9.7.0
Using library: libvirt 9.7.0
Using API: QEMU 9.7.0
Running hypervisor: QEMU 8.1.2

This seems to be a host issue. Am I missing some packages? Does this have something to do with RHEL removing spice support? I'm not that familiar with these graphic display details, as previously things just worked in this area.

https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/spice-s … hel-9/6753

nazzacode

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Registered: 2023-11-06

Posts: 1

Re: virt-manager cannot select virtio video model

Also having this issue. Resolution is stuck at 1200x800px. I'm gonna try win10.

AntarticShaurant

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Registered: 2023-11-15

Posts: 1

Re: virt-manager cannot select virtio video model

Had the same problem, fixed it downloading qemu-full

ii7ussien

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Registered: 2024-03-04

Posts: 2

Re: virt-manager cannot select virtio video model

Can confirm, qemu-full fixes it

dwukropekd

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Registered: 2024-10-26

Posts: 1

Re: virt-manager cannot select virtio video model

Downloading qemu-full also fixes it for me.

sorria

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Registered: 2024-11-15

Posts: 3

Re: virt-manager cannot select virtio video model

I have the same problem, and download qemu-full fixes it for me.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,257

Re: virt-manager cannot select virtio video model

Sounds like that is the solution.   As the OP has not been around for over a year, I hereby declare this solved.
Closing this old thread.

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