When I try to open a VM I’m unable to reach the top of opened VM and resize it, I.e the top of the screen I’m unable to press any of buttons at the top so I can’t access settings for the VM.
It’s not in full screen mode either I can resize from the bottom of the screen, left and right but not the top
Basically the top of the VM screen is unreachable, above the top of the monitor.
Any suggestions?
Can you please give the relevant information from
hostnamectl so we can reproduce your issue.
Best if you run the command on host and vm.
Example:
$ hostnamectl status
Operating System: Fedora Linux 40 (Workstation Edition)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40
Kernel: Linux 6.8.10-300.fc40.x86_64
Architecture: x86-64
Hardware Model: Intense-PC
Firmware Version: IPC_2.2.400.5 X64
Firmware Date: Thu 2018-03-15
Firmware Age: 6y 2month 2w 5d
alternatively, is the toolbar visible on the specific VM.
Sorry that I guess … a picture how it looks like would help.
It sometimes requires to press LCtrl+LAlt to release the mouse pointer grabbed by the virt-manager.
Static hostname: (unset)
Transient hostname: fedora
Icon name: computer-desktop
Chassis: desktop 🖥
Machine ID: 2901b886548741d5a15e703d8fb07cdf
Boot ID: 564ddfb01fc94e1aba2eac4a36e50061
Operating System: Fedora Linux 40 (Forty)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40
OS Support End: Tue 2025-05-13
OS Support Remaining: 11month 1w 2d
Kernel: Linux 6.8.10-300.fc40.x86_64
Architecture: x86-64
Hardware Vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Hardware Model: A88XM-E
Firmware Version: 2001
Firmware Date: Wed 2016-03-09
Firmware Age: 8y 2month 3w 3d
VM:
Static hostname: (unset)
Transient hostname: ultramarine
Icon name: computer-vm
Chassis: vm 🖴
Machine ID: c285c141c1e2434bb2f207a59ca0a953
Boot ID: de7133581fb2422ca0ed16868b72a8c2
Virtualization: kvm
Operating System: Ultramarine Linux 40 (Flagship Edition)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:ultramarine:um:40
Kernel: Linux 6.8.11-300.fc40.x86_64
Architecture: x86-64
Hardware Vendor: QEMU
Hardware Model: Standard PC _Q35 + ICH9, 2009_
Firmware Version: 1.16.3-2.fc40
Firmware Date: Tue 2014-04-01
Firmware Age: 10y 2month 2dThe top and bottom off the screen, and the mouse pointer can’t reach both to bring them back into the monitor if you get what I mean
Added virt-manager
You can shut down the VM and then use shortcuts to move and resize its window:
https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell-windows-states.html
If the issue persists, try resetting the virt-manager settings:
dconf reset -f /org/virt-manager/
ok, thanks. resetting did nothing, but using the shift and super keys provide a temporary fix until i go fullscreen and upon exiting full screen the problem reoccurs (and have to use the shift/super to move and resize the window to fit the monitor).
Is there a specific reason you need to go full screen or would it be better to not use full screen and just use a window that is near the screen size?
I also might suggest that the resolution of the vm desktop may be set larger than the size of the screen so when exiting full screen that sizing takes over. Maybe the size is actually in a 4x3 ratio instead of 16x9 ratio since it seems to be larger than the screen vertical but narrower horizontal.
From your “hostnamectl” I see you have a custom Gnome installation.
Can you tell us what the desktop is on your host computer?
I believe you miss some packages to correctly display the virt-manager. For me it looks like that there is no Window top bar with the controls.
On the host is KDE Plasma 6. On the guest is Budgie Desktop.
Try to enable auto resizing:
Under qeum-kvm / virt-manager, how to add custom resolution - #6 by vgaetera
Thanks, this solved the issue completely.