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Description of problem:

When using virt-manager to manage a remote kvm server (running CentOS 6.2) from a RHEL 6.2 laptop, if the console of a VM is opened, closed and reopened, it will not work, it stays on "Connecting to graphical console for guest".

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-manager 0.9.0-7.el6.i686

Remote server running CentOS 6.2 (libvirt-0.9.4-23.el6_2.8.x86_64)


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect to a remote KVM server using virt-manager
2. double-click on a running VM. It shows the console of the VM just fine.
3. Close the VM console window
4. Double click the same VM again. It opens the window but it doesn't display the console, it just says "Connecting to graphical console for guest".
  
Actual results:
The console output of the VM is not displayed

Expected results:
The console output is displayed and works, just like the first time is opened.

Additional info:
When having the problem with a VM, if another VM is double-clicked, it shows the console fine, but after closing it, the problem happens to the second VM too. The only way to fix this is closing virt-manager and re-opening it.

Hi,
This issue was fixed in RHEL6.3. Refer to bug 811316.

Cole, can you confirm/close as a dup?

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 811316 ***