Description of problem: In previous versions of virt-manager,the console window contained at least one more tab to see and change the virtual hardware of the virtual machine. With the version shipped in Fedora 12, i don't see any tab and i can find of no other way to change the virtual hardware of a virtual machine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virt-manager-0.8.0-7.fc12.noarch How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start virt-manager 2. Start a virtual machine 3. Open up the console by double clicking on the VM name. 4. Observe that there is no Tab in the window to allow changing virtual hardware. Actual results: No way to change virtual hardware. Expected results: There should be a way to change the virtual hardware of a virtual machine. Additional info: Screen shot attached.
Created attachment 372886 [details] Screenshot showing lack of tabs in VM console window.
If you enable the toolbar with View->Toolbar, there is a button to switch to the VM details section. Upstream also has an option in the View menu to switch to details, which is the proper fix: http://hg.fedorahosted.org/hg/virt-manager/rev/e363de9ac549
virt-manager-0.8.1-1.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/virt-manager-0.8.1-1.fc12
virt-manager-0.8.1-1.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update virt-manager'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F12/FEDORA-2009-12603
Fixed in virt-manager-0.8.2-1.fc12, now in stable.