Something by chance?
El mar, 25 oct 2022 a las 18:16, Carlos González (<piteccel...@gmail.com>) escribió: > Already did; it did work, thanks (and yes, it's always Virtual-1 for some > reason). > I couldn't understand it very well from the bug report, why isn't it > automatically working on some DEs/WMs? > > Now, could we focus on the nasty bug with file transferring? As already > mentioned, the -f and -o options are serving of absolutely nothing... > > Thanks. > > El lun, 24 oct 2022 a las 9:16, Uri Lublin (<u...@redhat.com>) escribió: > >> On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 11:52 PM Carlos González <piteccel...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> So I did more tests. >>> >>> First, AntiX Linux by default doesn't use "desktop environments" but >>> "window managers", being the default IceWM. Also, it doesn't use SystemD at >>> all; SysV instead. Regarding Xorg or Wayland, it's Xorg. >>> >>> > I did some tests and with both Windows and Linux it appears that the >>> > agent is needed. >>> >>> Well, of course it's needed! That's per basic instructions... >>> >>> Since there's no SystemD here, neither journalctl command. So tried >>> running both spice-vdagentd and spice-vdagent with debugging: >>> sudo /usr/sbin/spice-vdagentd -x -d -d >>> spice-vdagent -f /path/to/folder -x -d -d >>> >>> When resizing the remote-viewer window, no logs whatsoever, and of >>> course neither resolution update. Also, using the -f option served of >>> nothing; exact same error mentioned before... >>> Neither anything at all related in /var/log/Xorg.0.log >>> *Only* clipboard sharing seems to work >>> >> >> Try the workaround mentioned on the bug, run on the guest (after resizing >> remote-viewer's window): >> xrandr | grep Virtual # look for the connected one >> xrandr --output Virtual-0 --auto # may be Virtual-1 instead of >> Virtual-0 >> >> Uri. >> >> >>> By chance, do you think you could give the live ISO a try? It's a live >>> system, and the "Base" version is a CD size, not even a DVD... >>> >>> Thanks again for your attention. >>> >>> El mié, 19 oct 2022 a las 15:00, Uri Lublin (<u...@redhat.com>) >>> escribió: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 8:40 PM Frediano Ziglio <fredd...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Il giorno mar 18 ott 2022 alle ore 01:04 Carlos González >>>>> <piteccel...@gmail.com> ha scritto: >>>>> > >>>>> > Were you able to find something by chance? Thanks. >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> Hi Carlos, >>>>> my main curiosity was about the need of the agent for resize. >>>>> I did some tests and with both Windows and Linux it appears that the >>>>> agent is needed. >>>>> At this point I would try looking at the agent logs. >>>>> Is your system using Xorg or Wayland ? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Frediano >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I agree with Frediano that (with a recent QXL device) the arbitrary >>>> resolution update is done via QXL. >>>> Note that it does not work for all Desktop Environments, and I >>>> apparently it doesn't work for AntiX Linux (default DE). >>>> If you can, try to run with GNOME/X11 and see if that works. >>>> >>>> Related bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290586 >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Uri. >>>> >>>> >>>> > El sáb, 15 oct 2022 a las 9:22, Frediano Ziglio (<fredd...@gmail.com>) >>>>> escribió: >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Il giorno ven 14 ott 2022 alle ore 16:11 Carlos González >>>>> >> <piteccel...@gmail.com> ha scritto: >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > As soon as spice-vdagent package is installed, so is the >>>>> spice-vdagentd daemon and it also starts running. Yet I always need to >>>>> manually run spice-vdagent command... >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Maybe you would need to logout and login again from the graphic >>>>> >> session. Or manually start it, not sure. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> > How do I specify an output directory for the agent to file >>>>> transfer? >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> >>>>> >> See "spice-vdagent --help", specifically -f and -o options. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> > I don't think it's remote-viewer's fault, because I also tested >>>>> with a Windows guest. With all SPICE stuff properly installed, everything >>>>> works out of the box: clipboard, resizing, file transfer from host to >>>>> guest. With "properly installed" I mean: installed SPICE drivers manually >>>>> from virtio-win ISO by loading them since the Windows installation >>>>> beforehand, then once booted into Windows downloaded the vdagent ZIP from >>>>> spice-space website and manually installed the service according to >>>>> instructions. >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> >>>>> >> I'll check, maybe is not handled by driver but agent >>>>> >> >>>>> >> > As additional detail, in QEMU I use the option "-display >>>>> spice-app", which automatically starts remote-viewer; though curiously it >>>>> doesn't seem to create a virt-viewer directory inside ~/.config unlike >>>>> when >>>>> running remote-viewer manually... >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > Thanks again. >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > El vie, 14 oct 2022 a las 12:41, Frediano Ziglio (< >>>>> fredd...@gmail.com>) escribió: >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> >> Il giorno gio 13 ott 2022 alle ore 16:58 Carlos González >>>>> >> >> <piteccel...@gmail.com> ha scritto: >>>>> >> >> > >>>>> >> >> > Hello. >>>>> >> >> > >>>>> >> >> > I'm trying a virtual machine with a live CD distribution >>>>> called AntiX Linux, which is directly based on Debian. >>>>> >> >> > >>>>> >> >> > I'm using direct QEMU commands. >>>>> >> >> > In the VM configuration I have this for SPICE configuration: >>>>> >> >> > "-vga qxl -device virtio-serial-pci -spice >>>>> unix=on,addr=path/to/vm_spice.socket,disable-ticketing=on -chardev >>>>> spicevmc,id=spicechannel0,name=vdagent -device >>>>> virtserialport,chardev=spicechannel0,name=com.redhat.spice.0 \" >>>>> >> >> > Then I boot the live ISO, double check that QXL driver is >>>>> installed -which normally always is-, and install spice-vdagent package >>>>> (version 20 here). I'm using remote-viewer (virt-viewer) to visualize the >>>>> VM. >>>>> >> >> > >>>>> >> >> > Up to this point, clipboard sharing with host still doesn't >>>>> work, and trying to drag a file from host to guest results in an error >>>>> "The >>>>> agent is not connected". >>>>> >> >> > >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> >> This error is normal if the agent is stopped. >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> >> > So I manually run "spice-vdagent" command, and clipboard >>>>> sharing now works, but trying to drag file from host to guest gives "File >>>>> transfer is disabled". Also, automatic resolution change with window >>>>> resizing doesn't work either. >>>>> >> >> > >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> >> The fact that in this way the clipboard is running indicates >>>>> that the >>>>> >> >> agent is now working. You need to specify an output directory to >>>>> the >>>>> >> >> agent in order to get file transfer working. >>>>> >> >> About the resolution change that's weird, I think that feature on >>>>> >> >> Linux does not even require the agent running. Is it possible >>>>> that the >>>>> >> >> client (remove-viewer) is not set up to send resize to the guest >>>>> >> >> automatically, there are some options on the menu. >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> >> > Certainly, this live distro doesn't come with any >>>>> spice-related packages installed by default, except for the QXL package. >>>>> >> >> > >>>>> >> >> > Am I missing something here? Could someone help please? >>>>> >> >> > Thanks beforehand. >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> >> Frediano >>>>> >>>>>