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Bug 1496356

Summary: RFE: improve error dialog when file transfer fail
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Xiaodai Wang <xiaodwan>
Component: virt-viewerAssignee: Kevin Pouget <kpouget>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 8.1CC: dblechte, fziglio, juzhou, knoel, mxie, mzhan, rbalakri, tzheng
Target Milestone: rcFlags: knoel: mirror+
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: virt-viewer-7.0-7.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2019-11-05 21:22:11 UTC Type: Feature Request
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Description Flags
dialog of file transfter failed
none
a better error dialog example which can hide the detailed information
none
error window overflowing with too many files
none
screenshot for verification none

Description Xiaodai Wang 2017-09-27 07:38:40 UTC
Description of problem:
when too many files fail to be transferred, a long list of those file names display in the dialog. It's better to fold those detailed error information as virtmanager does.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-viewer-5.0-7.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Disable file transfer function in xml.

    <graphics type='spice' autoport='yes' listen='0.0.0.0'>
      <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
      <filetransfer enable='no'/>
    </graphics>
2. Drag 20 files into the guest.
3. Check the error dialog.

Actual results:
All failed filenames are list and make the dialog becomes very high.

Expected results:
It's better to fold detailed error information.

Additional info:
Please see the screenshots of virt-viewer and virt-manager for reference.

Comment 3 Xiaodai Wang 2017-09-27 07:41:40 UTC
Created attachment 1331332 [details]
dialog of file transfter failed

Comment 4 Xiaodai Wang 2017-09-27 07:42:40 UTC
Created attachment 1331333 [details]
a better error dialog example which can hide the detailed information

Comment 5 David Blechter 2018-12-10 17:05:28 UTC
RFE is moving to rhel 8, where it will be triaged and prioritized

Comment 6 Kevin Pouget 2019-08-01 15:09:36 UTC
Created attachment 1598072 [details]
error window overflowing with too many files

problem confirmed, the file list might grow bigger than the screen when a lot of files are transfered

Comment 7 Kevin Pouget 2019-08-02 08:55:06 UTC
Patch posted on the virt-tools mailing list:

> https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2019-August/msg00000.html

Comment 8 Kevin Pouget 2019-08-09 07:11:41 UTC
Patch merged upstream:

> https://pagure.io/virt-viewer/c/a2a372ac2d33893cf1bc76aa0dc0612ebc950d77?branch=master

Comment 9 zhoujunqin 2019-08-20 09:50:21 UTC
Reproduce with:
virt-viewer-7.0-6.el8.x86_64

Steps:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Disable file transfer function in xml.

    <graphics type='spice' port='5900' autoport='yes' listen='0.0.0.0'>
      <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
      <filetransfer enable='no'/>
    </graphics>

2. Drag about 50 files into the guest.
3. Check the error dialog.

Result:
All failed file names are listed and file list grew bigger than the screen.

Verify with:
virt-viewer-7.0-7.el8.x86_64
libgovirt-0.3.4-9.el8.x86_64

Steps as above:
After step3, all failed transferred files list are inserted inside a scrollable widget, the title is 'Transfer error'.
It is as expected.
Details please see verification.png attachment, thanks.

Comment 10 zhoujunqin 2019-08-20 09:51:08 UTC
Created attachment 1606031 [details]
screenshot for verification

Comment 12 zhoujunqin 2019-08-21 13:37:20 UTC
I move this bug from ON_QA to VERIFIED based on Comment 9 testing, thanks.

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 21:22:11 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3478