Description of problem: I tried to use Xspice like described in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Spice $ Xspice --disable-ticketing --xsession /usr/bin/gnome-terminal :1 --port 1234 & I (first) ended with: /usr/libexec/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server Then I created the file /etc/X11/Wrapper.config with the following content: allowed_users=anybody needs_root_rights=auto This results in $ Xspice --disable-ticketing --xsession /usr/bin/gnome-terminal :1 --port 1234 & [1] 10723 (base) [tpasch@blacksnapper tpasch]$ X.Org X Server 1.20.6 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: 5.0.6-200.fc29.x86_64 Current Operating System: Linux blacksnapper 5.5.11-200.fc31.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 23 17:32:43 UTC 2020 x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd2,gpt6)/vmlinuz-5.5.11-200.fc31.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora-root ro rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau Build Date: 25 November 2019 12:00:00AM Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.20.6-1.fc31 Current version of pixman: 0.38.4 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Wed Apr 1 07:28:40 2020 (++) Using config file: "/etc/X11/spiceqxl.xorg.conf" (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" resizing surface0 to 16777216 memory space from 0x7fd29baa0010 to 0x7fd2a2a9d010 memory space from 0x7fd292a9f010 to 0x7fd29aa9f010 resizing surface0 to 16777216 memory space from 0x7fd29baa0010 to 0x7fd2a2a9d010 memory space from 0x7fd292a9f010 to 0x7fd29aa9f010 xspice: port = 5900, tls_port = 0 watch_add: adding 0x55d09e41ced0, fd=15 watch_add: adding 0x55d09e41cfe0, fd=17 interface_get_init_info: interface_attach_worker: interface_set_compression_level: 0 playback: no audio FIFO directory, audio is disabled ram_header at 134209536 surf0 size: 16777216 interface_get_command: native interface_get_command: native interface_get_command: native interface_get_command: native slots start: 0, slots end: 1 interface_get_command: native done reset interface_get_command: native interface_get_command: native interface_get_command: native interface_get_command: native interface_get_command: native qxl_surface_create: Bad bpp: 1 (1) interface_get_command: native interface_get_command: native qxl_surface_create: Bad bpp: 1 (1) qxl_surface_create: Bad bpp: 1 (1) interface_get_command: native interface_get_command: native interface_get_command: native Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/Xspice", line 358, in <module> os.spawnlpe(os.P_NOWAIT, args.xsession, environ) File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/os.py", line 971, in spawnlpe return spawnvpe(mode, file, args[:-1], env) File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/os.py", line 915, in spawnvpe return _spawnvef(mode, file, args, env, execvpe) File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/os.py", line 850, in _spawnvef raise ValueError('argv first element cannot be empty') ValueError: argv first element cannot be empty Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-server-Xspice-0.1.5-12.fc31.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: As described above. Actual results: No Xspice running. Expected results: Xspice running and a spice client can connect to the associated X11 session.
Same for fedora 32
Problem has also been reported upstreams at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-qxl/-/issues/8 For me, it looks like xspice being a dead project. For everyone with the same problem, I recommend to use x11spice https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/x11spice . It is working great for me!
re-assigned to the right component, but the problem remains the same (it has to be orphaned over x11spice).
@aannoaanno If you are willing to submit and maintain x11spice, it would be easier to make the transition
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