[Users] test day help -- console

[Greg Sheremeta]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michal Skrivanek" <mskrivan at redhat.com>
> To: "Greg Sheremeta" <gshereme at redhat.com>
> Cc: "users" <users at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 12:12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] test day help -- console
> 
> 
> 
> On 12 Feb 2014, at 18:08, Greg Sheremeta <gshereme at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Michal Skrivanek" <mskrivan at redhat.com>
> >> To: "Greg Sheremeta" <gshereme at redhat.com>
> >> Cc: "users" <users at ovirt.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:43:18 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Users] test day help -- console
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 11 Feb 2014, at 23:57, Greg Sheremeta <gshereme at redhat.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> I'm having a tough time getting a VM console working via VNC. I set a VM
> >>> to
> >>> use VNC, and I installed virt-viewer.
> >>> 
> >>> 1. When I try to open a .vv file with virt-viewer, I get an error "Cannot
> >>> find guest domain /var/tmp/console.vv"
> >> 
> >> Old virt-viewer. Where did you get it from?
> >> 
> > 
> > It came with F20. I'm on F20 and don't think many other people are. Is it a
> > regression?
> > 
> > greg at dauntless:~$ yum list installed virt-viewer
> > Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
> > google-chrome
> > 3/3
> > google-talkplugin
> > 1/1
> > Installed Packages
> > virt-viewer.x86_64
> > 0.5.7-2.fc20
> > installed
> > 
> > greg at dauntless:~$ sudo yum install virt-viewer
> > Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
> > Package virt-viewer-0.5.7-2.fc20.x86_64 already installed and latest
> > version
> > Nothing to do
> > 
> > I don't see RPMs anywhere for 0.6, and compiling it didn't work for me.
> > (configure: error: At least one of spice or vnc must be used)
> > 
> 
> Strange. I think it's in 0.5.6.
> Oh, remote-viewer, did you try that one?
> 

Yeah, same results.

Let me try connecting from a different Fedora 20 machine, maybe mine's broken.

> > 
> >>> 2. Using a VNC client to connect to the host with the password in the .vv
> >>> file just immediately disconnects it -- no error message.
> >> 
> >> Did you make it in 120s?
> > 
> > Sorry, what?
> 
> The security ticket is valid for 120s only

Yes, I beat that.

> 
> > 
> >> Certificates?
> > 
> > Did not touch any certs. But, see my reply to #1.
> > 
> >> 
> >>> 3. noVNC just gives me an empty popup with a gray background.
> >> 
> >> You didn't import the engine's CA, did you?
> >> 
> > 
> > You got me, but it should certainly give some error message, no?
> 
> Not when you don't trust the cert authority. Unfortunately. That's why we
> added the page to such a prominent place:)

Not even "Authentication failure" ?

> 
> Thanks,
> michal
> > 
> >>> 
> >>> Any ideas?
> >> 
> >> The Console Downloads page has all the info to get it work, did you check
> >> it
> >> out? (linked from main landing page, display options, user portal...so you
> >> shouldn't moss it;)
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> michal
> >>> 
> >>> Greg Sheremeta
> >>> Red Hat, Inc.
> >>> Sr. Software Engineer, RHEV
> >>> Cell: 919-807-1086
> >>> gshereme at redhat.com
> >>> 
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