Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console

From: Dafna Ron <dron(a)redhat.com&gt; To: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; Cc: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan(a)diwanconsulting.com>; &quot;users(a)ovirt.org&quot; <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console 1. did you restart you're firefox after install? 2. what OS are you using? On 01/16/2014 11:40 PM, David Li wrote: > This isn't working for me at this time. I have gone to the end of the instructions and clicked on "Install Spice" button in IE but nothing happened. > > Maybe someone with more knowledge should come out and make clarifications. > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan(a)diwanconsulting.com&gt; >> To: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; >> Cc: &quot;users(a)ovirt.org&quot; <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; >> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:51 PM >> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console >> >> yuck >> >> i dont know why they do not just have this already done in an rpm >> >> yes it probably works , i have not tested it ,  but virt-viewer is >> deprecated in favor of the newer Remote-Viewer >> >> by the way >> >> worst comes to worst  you can always connect to the ovirt vm node >> server via virt-manager gui in linux .. or using macports virt-manager >> in OSX >> >> and as long as you have a username and password set up in libvirt >> password db >> /etc/libvirt/passwd.db >> >> use saslpasswd2 -a libvirt $USER  on your ovirt vm host node >> to add your user account so you dont mess with ovirt's >> >> if you have  winaxe or some other Xwindows on your windows machine you >> could probably just ssh with putty.exe to your ovirt node server and run >> virt-manager from there while displaying back to your windows desktop >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; >> Reply-to: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; >> To: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan(a)diwanconsulting.com&gt; >> Cc: users(a)ovirt.org <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; >> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console >> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:35:02 -0800 (PST) >> >> Is this page still applicable to ovirt 3.3.2? >> >> http://wiki.ovirt.org/How_to_Connect_to_SPICE_Console_With_Portal#Add_a_d... >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>>   From: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan(a)diwanconsulting.com&gt; >>>   To: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; >>>   Cc: &quot;users(a)ovirt.org&quot; <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; >>>   Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:28 PM >>>   Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console >>> >>>   install them wherever your firefox browser is installed... >>>   whichever machine you are using to browse to the portal from >>> >>>   unfortunately i believe ovirts' spice viewing only works on linux >>>   desktops running firefox  currently >>> >>>   also the ovirt  vnc implementation assumes you have remote-viewer  which >>>   can open that .vv file that pops up.. again remote-viewer would only be >>>   available on linux desktops.. >>> >>>   there IS a MAC OS port for remote-viewer , but i've never gotten it to >>>   work without a lot of manual URL input >>> >>> >>>   -----Original Message----- >>>   From: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; >>>   Reply-to: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; >>>   To: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan(a)diwanconsulting.com&gt; >>>   Cc: users(a)ovirt.org <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; >>>   Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console >>>   Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:39:20 -0800 (PST) >>> >>> >>>   Do I need these to be installed on the engine or on the machine where the >>>   webadmin portal browser is being run? >>> >>>   Are there any ovirt links describing these? >>> >>>   david >>> >>> >>> >>>   ----- Original Message ----- >>>>     From: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan(a)diwanconsulting.com&gt; >>>>     To: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; >>>>     Cc: &quot;users(a)ovirt.org&quot; <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; >>>>     Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:35 AM >>>>     Subject: Re: [Users] Black VM Install Console >>>> >>>>     you ve probabaly not install teh spice xpi in your firefox on linux >> when >>>>     you opened the console , or maybe the remote-viewer application is >>>>     missing >>>> >>>>     use yum to install these >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>     -----Original Message-----R >>>>     eply-to: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; >>>> >>>>     Subject: [Users] Black VM Install Console >>>>     Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:08:13 -0800 (PST) >>>> >>>>     Hi, >>>> >>>>     My first time to install a VM on ovirt has encountered a problem. I >> tried >>>   to >>>>     open up a console to continue the install process. But all I got is a >> blank >>>>     window and a request to save a file which I did. The window remained >> blank >>>   and I >>>>     couldn't see any activities. I went to the node itself and tried >> to see >>>   if I >>>>     could use virsh tool to understand what's going on. But I was >> asked for >>>   a >>>>     username and password to perform any actions. >>>> >>>>     Any idea what I should do at this time? >>>> >>>>     David >>>> >>>>     _______________________________________________ >>>>     Users mailing list >>>>     Users(a)ovirt.org >>>>     http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>> > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- Dafna Ron