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I have a Debian 9 KVM host runs on a dedicated server. I use virt-manager on my laptop (Ubuntu 16.04) to connect it remotely. Everything works quite well except copy/paste actions between VM's SPICE display(the one embedded in virt-manager) and my laptop's Ubuntu.



All packages are from official repositories. No PPA or 3rd party repository involved.



Also tried VNC instead of Spice but that didn't work too.



I just got an idea that I may connect through RDP to a VM machine, but it's painfully process because of all firewalls and routes between my laptop and the machine. Also not all of my machines has WAN access.



Looking for easier solution on virt-manager.










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  • Do not delete the "Channel Spice" or "Controller VirtIO Serial" devices in virt-manager or else the host/guest clipboard will not work.

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I have a Debian 9 KVM host runs on a dedicated server. I use virt-manager on my laptop (Ubuntu 16.04) to connect it remotely. Everything works quite well except copy/paste actions between VM's SPICE display(the one embedded in virt-manager) and my laptop's Ubuntu.



All packages are from official repositories. No PPA or 3rd party repository involved.



Also tried VNC instead of Spice but that didn't work too.



I just got an idea that I may connect through RDP to a VM machine, but it's painfully process because of all firewalls and routes between my laptop and the machine. Also not all of my machines has WAN access.



Looking for easier solution on virt-manager.










share|improve this question
























  • Do not delete the "Channel Spice" or "Controller VirtIO Serial" devices in virt-manager or else the host/guest clipboard will not work.

    – Trix
    May 5 at 13:30













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I have a Debian 9 KVM host runs on a dedicated server. I use virt-manager on my laptop (Ubuntu 16.04) to connect it remotely. Everything works quite well except copy/paste actions between VM's SPICE display(the one embedded in virt-manager) and my laptop's Ubuntu.



All packages are from official repositories. No PPA or 3rd party repository involved.



Also tried VNC instead of Spice but that didn't work too.



I just got an idea that I may connect through RDP to a VM machine, but it's painfully process because of all firewalls and routes between my laptop and the machine. Also not all of my machines has WAN access.



Looking for easier solution on virt-manager.










share|improve this question
















I have a Debian 9 KVM host runs on a dedicated server. I use virt-manager on my laptop (Ubuntu 16.04) to connect it remotely. Everything works quite well except copy/paste actions between VM's SPICE display(the one embedded in virt-manager) and my laptop's Ubuntu.



All packages are from official repositories. No PPA or 3rd party repository involved.



Also tried VNC instead of Spice but that didn't work too.



I just got an idea that I may connect through RDP to a VM machine, but it's painfully process because of all firewalls and routes between my laptop and the machine. Also not all of my machines has WAN access.



Looking for easier solution on virt-manager.







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  • Do not delete the "Channel Spice" or "Controller VirtIO Serial" devices in virt-manager or else the host/guest clipboard will not work.

    – Trix
    May 5 at 13:30

















  • Do not delete the "Channel Spice" or "Controller VirtIO Serial" devices in virt-manager or else the host/guest clipboard will not work.

    – Trix
    May 5 at 13:30
















Do not delete the "Channel Spice" or "Controller VirtIO Serial" devices in virt-manager or else the host/guest clipboard will not work.

– Trix
May 5 at 13:30





Do not delete the "Channel Spice" or "Controller VirtIO Serial" devices in virt-manager or else the host/guest clipboard will not work.

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You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin.



Also, in order for copy/paste to work, you'll need a SPICE guest agent socket device in addition to a VirtIO Serial device assigned to the VM, which will allow virt-viewer and most other SPICE clients to pipe copy/paste over a virtual serial connection, which the guest agent will hande. Defining these devices may have already been done for you, especially if you use virt-manager to make these VMs (virt-manager assumes a GUI install of most guests).



In order to install the guest agent on a Debian based GNU/Linux guest machine, you'll need to run:
sudo apt install spice-vdagent



In order to install the guest agent on a Windows machine, you must install the package which can be found here: https://www.spice-space.org/download/binaries/spice-guest-tools/



And finally, you will need to install VirtIO drivers in Windows in order to get most advanced functionality. This can be accomplished by adding drivers from the Win-virtio ISO (which you'll have to attach to the guest). A link to those: https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers



As you've pointed out in the comment below, you must ensure that the spice agent is running in the guest before this will function fully. A reboot is a sure way to get that agent running.






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    I had to reboot after installation of spice-vdagent but worked like a charm. Thanks.

    – thiras
    Sep 19 '17 at 10:51











  • An important detail. I'll update with your contribution.

    – Spooler
    Sep 19 '17 at 13:37











  • "You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin." Can you be more specific? I have searched for what this might refer to, and I can't find information anywhere.

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You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin.



Also, in order for copy/paste to work, you'll need a SPICE guest agent socket device in addition to a VirtIO Serial device assigned to the VM, which will allow virt-viewer and most other SPICE clients to pipe copy/paste over a virtual serial connection, which the guest agent will hande. Defining these devices may have already been done for you, especially if you use virt-manager to make these VMs (virt-manager assumes a GUI install of most guests).



In order to install the guest agent on a Debian based GNU/Linux guest machine, you'll need to run:
sudo apt install spice-vdagent



In order to install the guest agent on a Windows machine, you must install the package which can be found here: https://www.spice-space.org/download/binaries/spice-guest-tools/



And finally, you will need to install VirtIO drivers in Windows in order to get most advanced functionality. This can be accomplished by adding drivers from the Win-virtio ISO (which you'll have to attach to the guest). A link to those: https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers



As you've pointed out in the comment below, you must ensure that the spice agent is running in the guest before this will function fully. A reboot is a sure way to get that agent running.






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    I had to reboot after installation of spice-vdagent but worked like a charm. Thanks.

    – thiras
    Sep 19 '17 at 10:51











  • An important detail. I'll update with your contribution.

    – Spooler
    Sep 19 '17 at 13:37











  • "You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin." Can you be more specific? I have searched for what this might refer to, and I can't find information anywhere.

    – robguinness
    Mar 12 at 16:17















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You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin.



Also, in order for copy/paste to work, you'll need a SPICE guest agent socket device in addition to a VirtIO Serial device assigned to the VM, which will allow virt-viewer and most other SPICE clients to pipe copy/paste over a virtual serial connection, which the guest agent will hande. Defining these devices may have already been done for you, especially if you use virt-manager to make these VMs (virt-manager assumes a GUI install of most guests).



In order to install the guest agent on a Debian based GNU/Linux guest machine, you'll need to run:
sudo apt install spice-vdagent



In order to install the guest agent on a Windows machine, you must install the package which can be found here: https://www.spice-space.org/download/binaries/spice-guest-tools/



And finally, you will need to install VirtIO drivers in Windows in order to get most advanced functionality. This can be accomplished by adding drivers from the Win-virtio ISO (which you'll have to attach to the guest). A link to those: https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers



As you've pointed out in the comment below, you must ensure that the spice agent is running in the guest before this will function fully. A reboot is a sure way to get that agent running.






share|improve this answer




















  • 1





    I had to reboot after installation of spice-vdagent but worked like a charm. Thanks.

    – thiras
    Sep 19 '17 at 10:51











  • An important detail. I'll update with your contribution.

    – Spooler
    Sep 19 '17 at 13:37











  • "You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin." Can you be more specific? I have searched for what this might refer to, and I can't find information anywhere.

    – robguinness
    Mar 12 at 16:17













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You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin.



Also, in order for copy/paste to work, you'll need a SPICE guest agent socket device in addition to a VirtIO Serial device assigned to the VM, which will allow virt-viewer and most other SPICE clients to pipe copy/paste over a virtual serial connection, which the guest agent will hande. Defining these devices may have already been done for you, especially if you use virt-manager to make these VMs (virt-manager assumes a GUI install of most guests).



In order to install the guest agent on a Debian based GNU/Linux guest machine, you'll need to run:
sudo apt install spice-vdagent



In order to install the guest agent on a Windows machine, you must install the package which can be found here: https://www.spice-space.org/download/binaries/spice-guest-tools/



And finally, you will need to install VirtIO drivers in Windows in order to get most advanced functionality. This can be accomplished by adding drivers from the Win-virtio ISO (which you'll have to attach to the guest). A link to those: https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers



As you've pointed out in the comment below, you must ensure that the spice agent is running in the guest before this will function fully. A reboot is a sure way to get that agent running.






share|improve this answer















You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin.



Also, in order for copy/paste to work, you'll need a SPICE guest agent socket device in addition to a VirtIO Serial device assigned to the VM, which will allow virt-viewer and most other SPICE clients to pipe copy/paste over a virtual serial connection, which the guest agent will hande. Defining these devices may have already been done for you, especially if you use virt-manager to make these VMs (virt-manager assumes a GUI install of most guests).



In order to install the guest agent on a Debian based GNU/Linux guest machine, you'll need to run:
sudo apt install spice-vdagent



In order to install the guest agent on a Windows machine, you must install the package which can be found here: https://www.spice-space.org/download/binaries/spice-guest-tools/



And finally, you will need to install VirtIO drivers in Windows in order to get most advanced functionality. This can be accomplished by adding drivers from the Win-virtio ISO (which you'll have to attach to the guest). A link to those: https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers



As you've pointed out in the comment below, you must ensure that the spice agent is running in the guest before this will function fully. A reboot is a sure way to get that agent running.







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    I had to reboot after installation of spice-vdagent but worked like a charm. Thanks.

    – thiras
    Sep 19 '17 at 10:51











  • An important detail. I'll update with your contribution.

    – Spooler
    Sep 19 '17 at 13:37











  • "You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin." Can you be more specific? I have searched for what this might refer to, and I can't find information anywhere.

    – robguinness
    Mar 12 at 16:17












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    I had to reboot after installation of spice-vdagent but worked like a charm. Thanks.

    – thiras
    Sep 19 '17 at 10:51











  • An important detail. I'll update with your contribution.

    – Spooler
    Sep 19 '17 at 13:37











  • "You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin." Can you be more specific? I have searched for what this might refer to, and I can't find information anywhere.

    – robguinness
    Mar 12 at 16:17







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I had to reboot after installation of spice-vdagent but worked like a charm. Thanks.

– thiras
Sep 19 '17 at 10:51





I had to reboot after installation of spice-vdagent but worked like a charm. Thanks.

– thiras
Sep 19 '17 at 10:51













An important detail. I'll update with your contribution.

– Spooler
Sep 19 '17 at 13:37





An important detail. I'll update with your contribution.

– Spooler
Sep 19 '17 at 13:37













"You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin." Can you be more specific? I have searched for what this might refer to, and I can't find information anywhere.

– robguinness
Mar 12 at 16:17





"You'll need to be sure that you have the libvirt guest utilities installed to your guest operating system, to begin." Can you be more specific? I have searched for what this might refer to, and I can't find information anywhere.

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