Bug 1217494 - [RFE] enable SPICE/QXL support for Windows 8/2012 even without the QXL drivers
Summary: [RFE] enable SPICE/QXL support for Windows 8/2012 even without the QXL drivers
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ovirt-engine
Version: 3.5.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
: 3.5.3
Assignee: jniederm
QA Contact: Nisim Simsolo
URL:
Whiteboard: virt
Depends On: 1211231
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-04-30 13:44 UTC by rhev-integ
Modified: 2015-07-22 13:45 UTC (History)
23 users (show)

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.
Clone Of: 1211231
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-06-15 13:28:10 UTC
oVirt Team: ---
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 294843 0 None None None Never
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:1095 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.5.3 update 2015-06-15 17:26:37 UTC
oVirt gerrit 40333 0 master MERGED core: SPICE with QXL enabled for Windows 8/2012 2020-05-29 02:39:14 UTC
oVirt gerrit 40486 0 ovirt-engine-3.5 MERGED core: SPICE with QXL enabled for Windows 8/2012 2020-05-29 02:39:14 UTC
oVirt gerrit 40504 0 ovirt-engine-3.5.3 MERGED core: SPICE with QXL enabled for Windows 8/2012 2020-05-29 02:39:14 UTC

Comment 2 Nisim Simsolo 2015-06-07 07:59:27 UTC 
- 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 04:46:15 UTC 
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Comment 4 Julie 2015-06-12 04:55:28 UTC 
Thanks Jakub.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-06-15 13:28:10 UTC 
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 05:37:49 UTC 
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 12:33:07 UTC 
It is supported since 3.5.
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