Virt-viewer

virt-viewer from virt-viewer package

• Man page: https://linux.die.net/man/1/virt-viewer

Examples

• virt-viewer --connect qemu:///system 7

virt-viewer spice://127.0.0.1:5900
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(virt-viewer:20063): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:02:39.279: cannot open display:

Help

virt-viewer  --help
Usage:
  virt-viewer [OPTION…] -- ID|UUID|DOMAIN-NAME

Virtual machine graphical console

Help Options:
  -h, --help                                                               Show help options
  --help-all                                                               Show all help options
  --help-gtk                                                               Show GTK+ Options
  --help-gtk-vnc                                                           Show GTK-VNC Options
  --help-spice                                                             Show Spice Options

Application Options:
  -V, --version                                                            Display version information
  -z, --zoom=ZOOM                                                          Zoom level of window, in percentage
  -f, --full-screen                                                        Open in full screen mode (adjusts guest resolution to fit the client)
  -H, --hotkeys                                                            Customise hotkeys
  -k, --kiosk                                                              Enable kiosk mode
  --kiosk-quit=<never|on-disconnect>                                       Quit on given condition in kiosk mode
  -v, --verbose                                                            Display verbose information
  --debug                                                                  Display debugging information
  -d, --direct                                                             Direct connection with no automatic tunnels
  -a, --attach                                                             Attach to the local display using libvirt
  -c, --connect=URI                                                        Connect to hypervisor
  -w, --wait                                                               Wait for domain to start
  -r, --reconnect                                                          Reconnect to domain upon restart
  --domain-name                                                            Select the virtual machine only by its name
  --id                                                                     Select the virtual machine only by its id
  --uuid                                                                   Select the virtual machine only by its uuid
  --display=DISPLAY                                                        X display to use

Examples

virt-viewer
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(virt-viewer:15541): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:36:51.104: cannot open display:

Virt-viewer releases

• 9.0 May 2020 https://www.berrange.com/posts/2020/05/01/announce-virt-viewer-version-9-0-released/
  • Allow toggling shared clipboard in remote-viewer
  • Bash completion of cli args
• 7.0 Jul 2018 https://www.berrange.com/posts/2018/07/27/announce-virt-viewer-7-0-release/

Related terms

• virt-top
• virt-manager
• remote-viewer
• Daniel P. Berrangé

See also

• Conneting: virsh [ console | ttyconsole | domdisplay | vncdisplay ], virsh --connect, virt-manager, virt-viewer, VNC
• libguestfs-tools: virt-sysprep, virt-clone, virt-builder, virt-customize, virt-resize, virt-rescue, virt-sparsify, guestmount, guestfish, virt-inspector, virt-cat, virt-log, virt-df, virt-ls, virt-filesystems, virt-list-filesystems, virt-edit
• KVM, Installation, QEMU, virsh, virtinst, libguestfs-tools, libvirt, qemu, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), MacVTap, Virtio, oVirt, KVM services, KVM networking, KVM graphics, CPU, KVM on ARM