[Users] Blank VM Install Console

David Li david_li at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jan 17 23:03:24 UTC 2014


I am not sure which install this is refering to. The only thing I did for this is to update my firefox to 24.2.0.


----- Original Message -----
> From: Michal Skrivanek <mskrivan at redhat.com>
> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: Michal Skrivanek <michal.skrivanek at redhat.com>; "users at ovirt.org List" <users at ovirt.org>; Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 2:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console
> 
> 
> 
> On 17 Jan 2014, at 23:38, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>>  On 01/18/2014 12:30 AM, David Li wrote:
>>>  This time I tried to use "spice html5 browser client". I 
> downloaded the cert from http://<my-engine>/ovirt-engine/ca.crt. This time 
> the console window " spice javascript client" showed up in the firefox 
> (24.2.0) but it stays gray. Nothing can be seen.
>>> 
>>>  So what else am I missing here?
>> 
>>  just to rule out things:
>>  - is the geust working correctly for you (ssh?)
>>  - does it happen to consume 100% cpu?
>>  - does vnc work for you correctly for this guest?
> 
> During install, are you sure you said yes to install websocket proxy?
> 
> Thanks,
> michal
> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>>  From: Michal Skrivanek <michal.skrivanek at redhat.com>
>>>>  To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>  Cc: Meital Avital <mavital at redhat.com>; Einav Cohen 
> <ecohen at redhat.com>; Omer Frenkel <ofrenkel at redhat.com>; 
> "users at ovirt.org List" <users at ovirt.org>; "dron at redhat.com 
> Ron" <dron at redhat.com>
>>>>  Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 1:12 AM
>>>>  Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  On Jan 17, 2014, at 09:59 , Dafna Ron <dron at redhat.com> 
> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>   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.
>>>> 
>>>>  IE11 doesn't really work as of now.
>>>>  Try some more reasonable browser, IE10 would be also fine.
>>>> 
>>>>  activex setup requires some manual work as mentione at
>>>>  How_to_Connect_to_SPICE_Console_With_Portal wiki
>>>>  native invocation (that file to download you got) is easier, just 
> associate with
>>>>  recent remote viewer and it should open
>>>>  it works on Windows, Linux and OSX (needs 
> https://github.com/brianwcook/launchvv
>>>>  in addition)
>>>> 
>>>>  check out http://www.ovirt.org/Console_Client_Resources
>>>> 
>>>>  Thanks,
>>>>  mcihal
>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>   ----- 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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