On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 5:52 PM Carlos González <piteccel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Something by chance? > > > El mar, 25 oct 2022 a las 18:16, Carlos González (<piteccel...@gmail.com>) > escribió: > >> Already did; it did work, thanks (and yes, it's always Virtual-1 for some >> reason). >> I couldn't understand it very well from the bug report, why isn't it >> automatically working on some DEs/WMs? >> > The QXL driver notifies the DE/WM about the new resolution. Many DEs/WMs do not listen for such a notification. >> Now, could we focus on the nasty bug with file transferring? As already >> mentioned, the -f and -o options are serving of absolutely nothing... >> > Does it help if you run spice-vdagent -xd -f $HOME ? Did you try other directories with -f ? Uri. >> Thanks. >> >> El lun, 24 oct 2022 a las 9:16, Uri Lublin (<u...@redhat.com>) escribió: >> >>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 11:52 PM Carlos González <piteccel...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> So I did more tests. >>>> >>>> First, AntiX Linux by default doesn't use "desktop environments" but >>>> "window managers", being the default IceWM. Also, it doesn't use SystemD at >>>> all; SysV instead. Regarding Xorg or Wayland, it's Xorg. >>>> >>>> > I did some tests and with both Windows and Linux it appears that the >>>> > agent is needed. >>>> >>>> Well, of course it's needed! That's per basic instructions... >>>> >>>> Since there's no SystemD here, neither journalctl command. So tried >>>> running both spice-vdagentd and spice-vdagent with debugging: >>>> sudo /usr/sbin/spice-vdagentd -x -d -d >>>> spice-vdagent -f /path/to/folder -x -d -d >>>> >>>> When resizing the remote-viewer window, no logs whatsoever, and of >>>> course neither resolution update. Also, using the -f option served of >>>> nothing; exact same error mentioned before... >>>> Neither anything at all related in /var/log/Xorg.0.log >>>> *Only* clipboard sharing seems to work >>>> >>> >>> Try the workaround mentioned on the bug, run on the guest (after >>> resizing remote-viewer's window): >>> xrandr | grep Virtual # look for the connected one >>> xrandr --output Virtual-0 --auto # may be Virtual-1 instead of >>> Virtual-0 >>> >>> Uri. >>> >>> >>>> By chance, do you think you could give the live ISO a try? It's a live >>>> system, and the "Base" version is a CD size, not even a DVD... >>>> >>>> Thanks again for your attention. >>>> >>>> El mié, 19 oct 2022 a las 15:00, Uri Lublin (<u...@redhat.com>) >>>> escribió: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 8:40 PM Frediano Ziglio <fredd...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Il giorno mar 18 ott 2022 alle ore 01:04 Carlos González >>>>>> <piteccel...@gmail.com> ha scritto: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Were you able to find something by chance? Thanks. >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Carlos, >>>>>> my main curiosity was about the need of the agent for resize. >>>>>> I did some tests and with both Windows and Linux it appears that the >>>>>> agent is needed. >>>>>> At this point I would try looking at the agent logs. >>>>>> Is your system using Xorg or Wayland ? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Frediano >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I agree with Frediano that (with a recent QXL device) the arbitrary >>>>> resolution update is done via QXL. >>>>> Note that it does not work for all Desktop Environments, and I >>>>> apparently it doesn't work for AntiX Linux (default DE). >>>>> If you can, try to run with GNOME/X11 and see if that works. >>>>> >>>>> Related bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290586 >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Uri. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > El sáb, 15 oct 2022 a las 9:22, Frediano Ziglio (<fredd...@gmail.com>) >>>>>> escribió: >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Il giorno ven 14 ott 2022 alle ore 16:11 Carlos González >>>>>> >> <piteccel...@gmail.com> ha scritto: >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > As soon as spice-vdagent package is installed, so is the >>>>>> spice-vdagentd daemon and it also starts running. Yet I always need to >>>>>> manually run spice-vdagent command... >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Maybe you would need to logout and login again from the graphic >>>>>> >> session. Or manually start it, not sure. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> > How do I specify an output directory for the agent to file >>>>>> transfer? >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> See "spice-vdagent --help", specifically -f and -o options. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> > I don't think it's remote-viewer's fault, because I also tested >>>>>> with a Windows guest. With all SPICE stuff properly installed, everything >>>>>> works out of the box: clipboard, resizing, file transfer from host to >>>>>> guest. With "properly installed" I mean: installed SPICE drivers manually >>>>>> from virtio-win ISO by loading them since the Windows installation >>>>>> beforehand, then once booted into Windows downloaded the vdagent ZIP from >>>>>> spice-space website and manually installed the service according to >>>>>> instructions. >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> I'll check, maybe is not handled by driver but agent >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> > As additional detail, in QEMU I use the option "-display >>>>>> spice-app", which automatically starts remote-viewer; though curiously it >>>>>> doesn't seem to create a virt-viewer directory inside ~/.config unlike >>>>>> when >>>>>> running remote-viewer manually... >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > Thanks again. >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > El vie, 14 oct 2022 a las 12:41, Frediano Ziglio (< >>>>>> fredd...@gmail.com>) escribió: >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> >> Il giorno gio 13 ott 2022 alle ore 16:58 Carlos González >>>>>> >> >> <piteccel...@gmail.com> ha scritto: >>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>> >> >> > Hello. >>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>> >> >> > I'm trying a virtual machine with a live CD distribution >>>>>> called AntiX Linux, which is directly based on Debian. >>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>> >> >> > I'm using direct QEMU commands. >>>>>> >> >> > In the VM configuration I have this for SPICE configuration: >>>>>> >> >> > "-vga qxl -device virtio-serial-pci -spice >>>>>> unix=on,addr=path/to/vm_spice.socket,disable-ticketing=on -chardev >>>>>> spicevmc,id=spicechannel0,name=vdagent -device >>>>>> virtserialport,chardev=spicechannel0,name=com.redhat.spice.0 \" >>>>>> >> >> > Then I boot the live ISO, double check that QXL driver is >>>>>> installed -which normally always is-, and install spice-vdagent package >>>>>> (version 20 here). I'm using remote-viewer (virt-viewer) to visualize the >>>>>> VM. >>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>> >> >> > Up to this point, clipboard sharing with host still doesn't >>>>>> work, and trying to drag a file from host to guest results in an error >>>>>> "The >>>>>> agent is not connected". >>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> >> This error is normal if the agent is stopped. >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> >> > So I manually run "spice-vdagent" command, and clipboard >>>>>> sharing now works, but trying to drag file from host to guest gives "File >>>>>> transfer is disabled". Also, automatic resolution change with window >>>>>> resizing doesn't work either. >>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> >> The fact that in this way the clipboard is running indicates >>>>>> that the >>>>>> >> >> agent is now working. You need to specify an output directory >>>>>> to the >>>>>> >> >> agent in order to get file transfer working. >>>>>> >> >> About the resolution change that's weird, I think that feature >>>>>> on >>>>>> >> >> Linux does not even require the agent running. Is it possible >>>>>> that the >>>>>> >> >> client (remove-viewer) is not set up to send resize to the guest >>>>>> >> >> automatically, there are some options on the menu. >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> >> > Certainly, this live distro doesn't come with any >>>>>> spice-related packages installed by default, except for the QXL package. >>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>> >> >> > Am I missing something here? Could someone help please? >>>>>> >> >> > Thanks beforehand. >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> >> Frediano >>>>>> >>>>>>
