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DescriptionDaniel Berrangé
2021-04-14 13:32:59 UTC
Description of problem:
The forthcoming release of virt-viewer v10.0 will have a number of important improvements included
- Automatic resize of remote desktop for VNC
- Power control of VNC servers attached to QEMU VMs
- Radically overhauled user interface design (see https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/merge_requests/65 for screenshots)
Given the UI re-design it is important to get this into 9.0
Test with the latest version:
virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64
Steps:
1. Install/Update the new virt-viewer package on RHEL9 host- PASS
# yum install virt-viewer -y
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:23 ago on Thu 13 May 2021 12:46:21 AM EDT.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
virt-viewer x86_64 10.0-1.el9 libvirt_ci 287 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total download size: 287 k
Installed size: 1.1 M
Downloading Packages:
virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64.rpm 9.3 MB/s | 287 kB 00:00
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Total 9.0 MB/s | 287 kB 00:00
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64 1/1
Running scriptlet: virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64 1/1
Installed products updated.
Installed:
virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64
Complete!
2. Basic functional test for virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64.
2.1 Failed to connect to spice graphics vm as expected.
2.2 Can connect to vnc graphics vm as expected.
So I make this bug as Verified:Tested, thanks.
Test with packages:
virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64
qemu-kvm-6.0.0-5.el9.x86_64
Steps:
1. Install the new virt-viewer package on RHEL9 host- PASS
# yum install -y virt-viewer
Failed to set locale, defaulting to C.UTF-8
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:41:06 ago on Thu Jun 17 07:07:36 2021.
Dependencies resolved.
====================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
====================================================================================================
Installing:
virt-viewer x86_64 10.0-1.el9 libvirt_ci 287 k
Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total download size: 287 k
Installed size: 1.1 M
Downloading Packages:
virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64.rpm 83 kB/s | 287 kB 00:03
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Total 83 kB/s | 287 kB 00:03
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64 1/1
Running scriptlet: virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64 1/1
Installed products updated.
Installed:
virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64
Complete!
2. Sanity test for virt-viewer-10.0-1.el9.x86_64 - PASS
2.1 Failed to connect to spice graphics vm as expected.
2.2 Can connect to vnc graphics vm as expected.
So I make this bug VERIFIED, thanks.