Bug 683166 - vdagent: should not fail to start when no qxl driver installed
Summary: vdagent: should not fail to start when no qxl driver installed
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: spice-vdagent-win
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Hardware: All
OS: Windows
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Arnon Gilboa
QA Contact: Desktop QE
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: 616795 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 683162
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-03-08 17:58 UTC by Barak
Modified: 2019-10-10 14:20 UTC (History)
12 users (show)

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Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
Previously, you could not start the SPICE agent on Windows Server guests if the QXL driver was not installed. This dependency has been removed and you can now use the SPICE agent on Windows Server guests without the QXL driver.
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Last Closed: 2011-12-15 15:36:35 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1818 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Windows Guest Tools bug fix and enhancement update 2011-12-15 20:35:23 UTC

Description Barak 2011-03-08 17:58:49 UTC 
Seperation of the vdagent from spice is required to obtain local mouse when connecting to win server VM.

SInce current vdagent depends on qxl to exist, it fails starting on win server platforms:
  w2k3 32/64/r2
  w2k8 23/64/r2

The logic that fails vdagent start should be removed and allow it to come up even when no qxl driver is available.
Comment 2 Alon Levy 2011-03-20 12:19:25 UTC 
*** Bug 616795 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Marian Krcmarik 2011-07-25 19:03:01 UTC 
Verified on vdagent-win-0.1-7 with Standard VGA Graphics adapter.
Comment 4 Kate Grainger 2011-12-12 01:18:29 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, you could not start the SPICE agent on Windows Server guests if the QXL driver was not installed. This dependency has been removed and you can now use the SPICE agent on Windows Server guests without the QXL driver.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-15 15:36:35 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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1818.html
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