[Users] Can't open ovirt console using Spice or VNC - help!

Tue Feb 11 21:02:32 EST 2014

You're a genius! It was a DNS problem. I added the clients FQHN and IP to
the local DNS and it worked like a charm. Thank you!

The mac version is actually usable as well.

Thanks for all your help!
Drew

On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Karli Sjöberg <Karli.Sjoberg at slu.se> wrote:

> On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 07:01 -0500, Drew Showers wrote:
> > Ah sorry. The vm guest is CentOS 6.4 or 6.5 depending in the ISO image
> used. Yes graphics driver package.
>
> NP, just so we´re on the same page here:)
>
> >
> > I have virt-viewer on my CentOS vm running on my Mac. It works, but the
> Mac mouse is unusable when installing CentOS on the guest using
> remote-viewer.
>
> Does the mouse work when running remote(virt)-viewer directly from your
> Mac to the same CentOS guest using the mentioned instructions[1]?
>
> [1]: http://www.ovirt.org/SPICE_Remote-Viewer_on_OS_X
>
> >
> > I have another machine running native CentOS. But remote-viewer won't
> launch because it can't connect to the graphics server. I'm guessing it's
> missing some drivers.
>
> No drivers are needed in the machine you´re viewing from. Only
> guest-side drivers are needed, and in Linux, they´re already there:)
>
> What you are experiencing is some kind of network-related issue. You
> need to make sure that the other "native" CentOS-machine can connect
> properly to the Host running the Guest via a resolvable address, because
> it will want to establish an encrypted session with the Host´s fqdn.
>
> /K
>
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Feb 11, 2014, at 1:27 AM, Karli Sjöberg <Karli.Sjoberg at slu.se>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Mon, 2014-02-10 at 12:04 -0500, Drew Showers wrote:
> > >> The guest is MacOS 10.8.5. or CentOS 6.4.
> > >
> > > Now I´m confused. By guest, I meant Virtual Machine guest, not your PC.
> > > And by graphic packages, I was assuming you meant graphics _driver_
> > > packages. Are we on the same track this far?
> > >
> > > /K
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Karli Sjöberg <Karli.Sjoberg at slu.se>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>        On Sun, 2014-02-09 at 19:00 -0500, Drew Showers wrote:
> > >>> I did not see that and it works, thank you!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>        Glad it worked!
> > >>
> > >>> Looks like I need some UI driver help though.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Running the script actually helped me get to the root
> > >>        cause... Can't
> > >>> access the host name error. Of course it couldn't, I don't
> > >>        expose that
> > >>> host name outside the ovirt network. I was on my wireless
> > >>        network.
> > >>> Once I plugged into the ovirt net it worked. Duh!
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Do you know of any spice graphic packages that don't need to
> > >>        be
> > >>> compiled?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>        What´s the guest? Windows?
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers!
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Karli Sjöberg
> > >>        <Karli.Sjoberg at slu.se>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>        Den 9 feb 2014 20:00 skrev Drew Showers
> > >>        <drew at augurworks.com>:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Hello,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I'm a nube with ovirt, but have the ovirt-engine
> > >>        and 1
> > >>>        remote host up and running (separate physical
> > >>        servers, same
> > >>>        subnet). The network, DNS. NFS all work. I can
> > >>        create VM's,
> > >>>        install the ISO OS with no problems. Here is were I
> > >>        get
> > >>>        stuck.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> After a frustrating few hours trying to get a
> > >>        console to
> > >>>        launch on my mac,
> > >>>        Have you seen this?
> > >>>
> > >>>        http://www.ovirt.org/SPICE_Remote-Viewer_on_OS_X
> > >>>
> > >>>        /Karli
> > >>>
> > >>>        I broke down and created a new Centos 6.4 Desktop VM
> > >>        using
> > >>>        Fusion. I've installed -
> > >>>>
> > >>>> spice-xpi (yum install spice-xpi)
> > >>>> virt-manager (yum install virt-manager)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Using Firefox, if I try to open the console from
> > >>        the ovirt
> > >>>        admin using Spice browser plugin or native client
> > >>        options,
> > >>>        nothing happens (no errors either), other than
> > >>        message saying
> > >>>        the user is initiating a console session.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> If using VNC, then it wants to either download the
> > >>>        console.vv or open it with the default viewer, which
> > >>        throws
> > >>>        and error "Unable to connect to the graphics server
> > >>        file"
> > >>>>
> > >>>> So, I'm stuck in going any further until I get
> > >>        this worked
> > >>>        out. No VM IP or host name  (unless I'm missing
> > >>        something)...
> > >>>        I actually find this quite unfriendly. I know
> > >>        similar issues
> > >>>        have been discussed previously, but none have solved
> > >>        my
> > >>>        problem. BTW: I'm running Centos 6.5 on both the
> > >>        engine and
> > >>>        host.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I'm not sure if I'm missing additional packages or
> > >>        what. Any
> > >>>        help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks,
> > >>>> Drew
> > >
>
>
>
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>
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