[Users] Can't open ovirt console using Spice or VNC - help!
Karli Sjöberg
Karli.Sjoberg at slu.se
Wed Feb 12 02:06:20 EST 2014
On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 21:02 -0500, Drew Showers wrote:
> You're a genius!
I have had a part in writing the wiki page about remote viewer for Mac,
but that´s all. The developers are the real geniuses here:)
> It was a DNS problem. I added the clients FQHN and IP to the local DNS
> and it worked like a charm. Thank you!
... And a big thank you to the developers:)
>
>
> The mac version is actually usable as well.
@Christophe
It works;)
/K
>
>
> 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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