On 01/30/2012 09:17 PM, Brown, Chris (GE Healthcare) wrote:
I would agree with this assessment. Spice while nice is an issue with windows and older linux/etc guests as well. A few issues until the qxl paravirtual guest drivers are in place in the guest: - windows guests --> erratic mouse movement and controls = install via KBD and add drivers by hand/kbd - fix for windows guests = use templates or load from images that have been syspreped or slipstreamed w/driver - older linux guests = ? EX: custom spins or old 2.4 based stuff - non linux guests bsd/solaris/android = ?
Just my 2 cents, but VNC or vrdp(VirtualBox) has worked well with all of the above guests when it concerns remote consoles.
iirc, you can use RDP from a windows client to a windows guest. you can set the password for VNC consoles via ovirt-engine-cli then open a vnc client (should probably make this easy via ui as well)