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Hi!!

With KVM I installed a Windows XP as a guest SO. My Host SO is an Ubuntu 10.04 Lucyd.

My problem is about my printer. I edited /et/libvirt/qemu/windowsxp.xml. Here it is my xml:

Code:

<domain type='kvm'>

  <name>windowsxp</name>

  <uuid>2cfe86fe-0621-ef8e-36b8-b692d56419e9</uuid>

  <memory>1048576</memory>

  <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>

  <vcpu>1</vcpu>

  <os>

    <type arch='i686' machine='pc-0.12'>hvm</type>

    <boot dev='hd'/>

  </os>

  <features>

    <acpi/>

    <apic/>

    <pae/>

  </features>

  <clock offset='localtime'/>

  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>

  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>

  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>

  <devices>

    <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>

    <disk type='file' device='disk'>

      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>

      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/windowsVirtual.img'/>

      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>

    </disk>

    <console type='pty'>

      <target port='0'/>

    </console>

    <parallel type='dev'>

      <source path='/dev/parport0'/>

      <target port='0'/>

    </parallel>

    <interface type='ethernet'>

      <target dev='tap0' />

    </interface>

    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>

    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>

    <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/>

    <video>

      <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>

    </video>

  </devices>

</domain>

I run the windows xp with: virsh start windowsxp and with virt-manager I can see my windows xp
Ok, at this moment everything is ok, but when i tried to print from my guest SO (Windows) nothing happens. It doesn't print anything. I installed the drivers but nothing happens.

If I run my guest SO using command line:

Code:

kvm -parallel /dev/parport0 -k es -smb qemu -m 1024 -soundhw all -usb -vga std -usb /var/lib/libvirt/images/windowsVirtual.img

everything works perfectly, I can print and everything, but I need to make it work with the other way (with virsh start)

I don't know what to do to make this problem disappear, Is there anyone that can help me with this?...I would be very grateful.

Thanks
Bye.