[Users] Blank VM Install Console
Dafna Ron
dron at redhat.com
Fri Jan 17 08:59:45 UTC 2014
well, I have to admit that it has been a while since I tried logging in
to a vm console from a Windows OS :)
Adding some people to this which I think can help more than me...
On 01/17/2014 12:58 AM, David Li wrote:
> Well, it didn't even have any traces to tell me if it's installed. I am supposed to see these according to the instruction but none of them showed up.
>
> * IE will prompt you with "This website wants to install the following add-on SpiceX.cab... proceed by clicking the arrow on the install button and choose "Install for All Users of this computer".
> * Depending on the version of IE a UAC dialog may pop up asking you if you want to allow "SpiceX.cab" If it does not Click on the install spice button again and it will.
> * In the UAC dialog click on the yes button.
> * The install will now proceed in the background.
>
>
> I am using W7 64bit with IE11. My engine is running on a RHEL6 machine.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Dafna Ron <dron at redhat.com>
>> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>> Cc: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan at diwanconsulting.com>; "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
>> 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 at diwanconsulting.com>
>>>> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> Cc: "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
>>>> 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 at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> Reply-to: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> To: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan at diwanconsulting.com>
>>>> Cc: users at ovirt.org <users at ovirt.org>
>>>> 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_deployment_method_Server_Side
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan at diwanconsulting.com>
>>>>> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>> Cc: "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
>>>>> 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 at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>> Reply-to: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>> To: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan at diwanconsulting.com>
>>>>> Cc: users at ovirt.org <users at ovirt.org>
>>>>> 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 at diwanconsulting.com>
>>>>>> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>> Cc: "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
>>>>>> 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 at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
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>> Dafna Ron
>>
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