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Description of problem:
Spice console is frozen after GRUB2 command 'set gfxpayload=keep'. This command is used by default in yesterday's RHEL 7 nightly build.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
spice-server-0.10.1-10.el6.x86_64
spice-gtk-0.11-11.el6_3.1.x86_64
spice-gtk-python-0.11-11.el6_3.1.x86_64
spice-glib-0.11-11.el6_3.1.x86_64
vdsm-cli-4.9.6-44.3.el6_3.noarch
vdsm-4.9.6-44.3.el6_3.x86_64
vdsm-python-4.9.6-44.3.el6_3.x86_64
gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch
qemu-kvm-rhev-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64
qemu-img-rhev-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64
qemu-kvm-rhev-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64


How reproducible:
100 %


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install some VM with GRUB2 (e.g. yesterday's RHEL 7-nightly)
2. Boot VM up
3. Open a SPICE console
  

Actual results:
Console is frozen, last message is in attached image.


Expected results:
Console works :-)


Additional info:
I can provide access to problematic VM in our Brno lab.

Created attachment 691468 [details]
screenshot of frozen SPICE console

Created attachment 691476 [details]
relevant configuration files from /boot

Created attachment 691477 [details]
complete file list from /boot

Note: Machine boots up normally, networking is functional, I can SSH in without any problem (if I guess IP address :-)). Only the console is broken.

Command for quick fix of GRUB's configuration:
sed --in-place=.orig '/gfx/d' /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

This removes all lines containing "gfx", so GRUB2 will use normal text mode and SPICE will work.

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the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

I've tried to reproduce this today, and for me things work fine.

I believe this is a known and since the original report has been filed, fixed, vgabios issue. It is fixed by this errata: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0487.html

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 840087 ***