Bug 1113209 - Disable "Automatically resize" check menu for SPICE guests in virt-viewer
Summary: Disable "Automatically resize" check menu for SPICE guests in virt-viewer
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: virt-viewer
Version: 20
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Daniel Berrangé
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-06-25 15:58 UTC by Alexey Pakseykin
Modified: 2015-05-31 18:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-05-31 18:33:29 UTC
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Description Alexey Pakseykin 2014-06-25 15:58:18 UTC
Description of problem:

There MUST be a way to disable "Automatically resize" check menu which is enabled by default.

I have 3 VMs. Each of them has 3 QXL monitors attached to each guest (with SPICE tools installed). Required required resolution is bigger than monitors attached to the host. By default the "Automatically resize" check is enabled.

Now, every time I start `virt-viewer`, its window gets squeezed to the resolution of the host. Therefore, all three monitors on each VM auto-resize to the available resolution. I have to go to each 3 VMs x 3 monitors = 9 clicks to just disable the "Automatically resize" check. Then I go to each VM and restore all display settings to their original required resolution another 9 monitors x N clicks = 9 X N times!!!

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

> yum info virt-viewer
Installed Packages
Name        : virt-viewer
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 0.6.0
Release     : 1.fc20

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Just install SPICE guest tools, for example:
   http://www.spice-space.org/page/MultiHeadVirtManagerWindowsGuests
2. Open VM using `virt-viewer` to see that this "Automatically resize" is always on.
3. Disable "Automatically resize". Close all `virt-viewer` windows. Perform step 2 again, continue looping.

Actual results:

"Automatically resize" check is always on.

Expected results:

There should be a command line option to disable "Automatically resize" or anything else to avoid this default.

Comment 1 Fedora End Of Life 2015-05-29 12:13:15 UTC
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Comment 2 Cole Robinson 2015-05-31 18:33:29 UTC
In fact it appears virt-viewer dropped the 'automatically resize' support these days, so this is no longer relevant


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