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Bug 1217494 - [RFE] enable SPICE/QXL support for Windows 8/2012 even without the QXL drivers
[RFE] enable SPICE/QXL support for Windows 8/2012 even without the QXL drivers
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ovirt-engine (Show other bugs)
3.5.0
Unspecified Unspecified
unspecified Severity unspecified
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: 3.5.3
Assigned To: jniederm
Nisim Simsolo
virt
: FutureFeature, ZStream
Depends On: 1211231
Blocks:
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Reported: 2015-04-30 09:44 EDT by rhev-integ
Modified: 2015-07-22 09:45 EDT (History)
23 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: org.ovirt.engine-root-3.5.3-2
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
With this enhancement, users can connect to Windows 8 and Windows 2012 virtual machines using the SPICE protocol without QXL drivers. Limitations include: no multi-monitoring, graphics is not accelerated, etc.
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Clone Of: 1211231
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Last Closed: 2015-06-15 09:28:10 EDT
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 294843 None None None Never
oVirt gerrit 40333 master MERGED core: SPICE with QXL enabled for Windows 8/2012 Never
oVirt gerrit 40486 ovirt-engine-3.5 MERGED core: SPICE with QXL enabled for Windows 8/2012 Never
oVirt gerrit 40504 ovirt-engine-3.5.3 MERGED core: SPICE with QXL enabled for Windows 8/2012 Never
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:1095 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.5.3 update 2015-06-15 13:26:37 EDT

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Comment 2 Nisim Simsolo 2015-06-07 03:59:27 EDT
- Verified: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Version: 3.5.3-0.2.el6ev
- Verification test case added to virt_console test plan: https://polarion.engineering.redhat.com/polarion/#/project/RHEVM3/wiki/Compute/VIRT_CONSOLE?selection=RHEVM3-9907
Case ID: RHEVM3-11370 Spice support for Windows 8/2012 without QXL drivers
Comment 3 Julie 2015-06-10 00:46:15 EDT
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Comment 4 Julie 2015-06-12 00:55:28 EDT
Thanks Jakub.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-06-15 09:28:10 EDT
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-1095.html
Comment 7 Julie 2015-06-29 01:37:49 EDT
Hi Jakub,
    Is this supported for RHEV versions prior to 3.5 or only 3.5?

Kind regards,
Julie
Comment 8 jniederm 2015-06-29 08:33:07 EDT
It is supported since 3.5.

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