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Description of problem: set runlevel=5 in rhel6.2 guest. spice window will show black screen when loading graphics. but guest can boot successfully. if i set guest runlevel=3,then spice works well. Xorg.5.log is in attachment. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # rpm -qa|grep kvm kvm-83-246.el5 # uname -r 2.6.18-300.el5 # rpm -qa|grep spice qspice-libs-0.3.0-54.el5_5.2 spice client version: $ rpm -qa|grep spice spice-client-0.6.4-1.fc14.i686 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.boot guest6.2 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -M rhel5.6.0 -m 4096 -smp 4,cores=2,threads=1,sockets=2 -cpu qemu64,vendor="AuthenticAMD",+sse2 -soundhw all -name rhel6 -usbdevice tablet -rtc-td-hack -uuid 123465d2-2032-848d-bda0-de7adb149048 -boot nc -drive file=/home/rhel6.2-64.qcow2,if=virtio,boot=on,bus=0,unit=0,format=qcow2,cache=none,boot=on,werror=stop -net nic,macaddr=54:52:00:27:12:23,vlan=0,model=virtio -net tap,vlan=0,script=/etc/qemu-ifup -serial pty -parallel none -usb -balloon none -monitor stdio -spice host=0,ic=on,port=5912,disable-ticketing -qxl 1 2.spice connect guest $ spicec -h 10.66.9.97 -p 5912 3. Actual results: spice window show black screen Expected results: spice work well Additional info: spice work well for windows and rhel5.8 guest.
Created attachment 541660 [details] Xorg_log_guest_rhel6.2
for rhel6.2 host, spice haven't this issue.
Hit same issue with kvm-83-246.el5, kernel 2.6.18-302.el5. Additional info: If choose the second item "Install system with basic video driver", anaconda can be launched and installation could be continued. X window works well after installation finished and guest rebooted.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 769116 ***