[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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Dafna Ron



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