Okay - now I feel like the dumbest and worst user ever - and rightfully so.
Just for the record - just incase someone else is as dumb as me... (Damn - i feel so embarrassed) To be able to connect fast to the virtual machine and not to forget what to write - I created a text file on my desktop with the command to start the VM as name. Desperate KDE tried to fulfill my wish in translating the double "//" into something that doesn't interfere with the naming-principles but looks like the user wanted it to. I then copied the command from the text file name to command line and used it (I thought i typed it later on from the beginning with legitimate "/" as well but it seems that was not the case) So everytime i tried, I apparently used the old entries which weren't normal "/" - they never were but looked like them. Sorry for cussing - but I am such a dumbass... Frediano - may i tip you a coffee or something - I clearly owe you one. Stefan Am Fr., 18. Nov. 2022 um 12:46 Uhr schrieb Frediano Ziglio < fredd...@gmail.com>: > Il giorno ven 18 nov 2022 alle ore 10:48 Stefan Silberstein > <linuxst...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > > > Hope this wall of text helps you in any way :D > > > > stony@Aperture-Science:~$ history | grep spice | hexdump -C > > 00000000 20 31 32 30 36 20 20 72 65 6d 6f 74 65 2d 76 69 | 1206 > remote-vi| > > 00000010 65 77 65 72 20 73 70 69 63 65 3a 2f 2f 31 39 32 |ewer > spice://192| > > 00000020 2e 31 36 38 2e 31 37 38 2e 35 31 3a 35 39 30 30 > |.168.178.51:5900| > > 00000030 0a 20 31 32 31 30 20 20 72 65 6d 6f 74 65 2d 76 |. 1210 > remote-v| > > 00000040 69 65 77 65 72 20 73 70 69 63 65 3a 2f 2f 31 39 |iewer > spice://19| > > 00000050 32 2e 31 36 38 2e 31 37 38 2e 35 31 3a 35 39 30 > |2.168.178.51:590| > > 00000060 30 0a 20 31 33 30 39 20 20 72 65 6d 6f 74 65 2d |0. 1309 > remote-| > > 00000070 76 69 65 77 65 72 20 73 70 69 63 65 3a e2 81 84 |viewer > spice:...| > > 00000080 e2 81 84 31 39 32 2e 31 36 38 2e 31 37 38 2e 35 > |...192.168.178.5| > > There you go! > > $ echo -e '\xe2\x81\x84' > ⁄ > > that's no a ASCII slash. echo -n / | hexdump -C > 00000000 2f |/| > 00000001 > > (one byte, your is 3 bytes, surely not ASCII) > > ... omissis (a lot more there) ... > > > 0000179c > > stony@Aperture-Science:~$ > > > > For now I will fade into the shadow of userdom again :) > > > > Stefan > > > > Frediano > > > Am Fr., 18. Nov. 2022 um 11:25 Uhr schrieb Frediano Ziglio < > fredd...@gmail.com>: > >> > >> Il giorno ven 18 nov 2022 alle ore 06:08 Stefan Silberstein > >> <linuxst...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > >> > > >> > Hi Frediano, Hi List, > >> > > >> > after I was able to start the virtual machine with the GUI I tried > your command > >> > > >> > LANG=C remote-viewer spice://192.168.178.51:5900 > >> > > >> > and it started right up into the virtual machine. > >> > > >> > HOWEVER > >> > > >> > even > >> > > >> > remote-viewer spice://192.168.178.51:5900 > >> > > >> > now opens the virtual machine - without problems. (Yeah - i am > stunned myself) > >> > > >> > I slept over it then tried again today - thinking it never worked > again the day after... > >> > > >> > Result is that I am able to open up the VM just fine.... > >> > > >> > This is the worst - something works without changing anything so I > have no chance of knowing what the problem is/was in the first place > >> > > >> > At a loss for words, > >> > > >> > Stefan > >> > > >> > >> Well, problem solved :-) > >> > >> I would check with a command like "history | grep spice | hexdump -C" > >> (you can post the output) for some weird input. The errors you > >> reported are basically (or at least they should) parsing errors for > >> the URI you passed. > >> > >> Frediano > >> > >> > >> > >> > Am Do., 17. Nov. 2022 um 10:30 Uhr schrieb Stefan Silberstein < > linuxst...@gmail.com>: > >> >> > >> >> Some details: > >> >> Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04 > >> >> KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.6 > >> >> KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0 > >> >> Qt Version: 5.15.3 > >> >> Kernel Version: 5.15.0-53-generic (64-bit) > >> >> Graphics Platform: X11 > >> >> Processors: 8 × AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor > >> >> Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM > >> >> Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 > >> >> > >> >> Opening a Konsole "bash": > >> >> > >> >> Konsole > >> >> Version 21.12.3 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Locale: > >> >> > >> >> stony@Aperture-Science:~$ locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LANGUAGE= > LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8" > LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8" > LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8" > LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8" > LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ALL= > >> >> > >> >> I will try to open it today at noon - during my lunch break. > >> >> (ATM I am glad it works because i gotta work from home and this > windows-machine is the only way to connect to the Server in my company for > me) > >> >> > >> >> I will get back to you in approximately two hours. > >> >> > >> >> Stefan > >> >> > >> >> Am Do., 17. Nov. 2022 um 10:18 Uhr schrieb Frediano Ziglio < > fredd...@gmail.com>: > >> >>> > >> >>> Il giorno gio 17 nov 2022 alle ore 09:13 Stefan Silberstein > >> >>> <linuxst...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > >> >>> > > >> >>> > Hi, > >> >>> > > >> >>> > no this is the normal forward-slash with "shift+7" on the german > keyboard - googlemail messed it up translating it to something else. > >> >>> > The URL is normally typed. > >> >>> > > >> >>> > This is really weird and I will try to help you as much as I can > to get to the bottom of it. > >> >>> > > >> >>> > Stefan > >> >>> > > >> >>> > >> >>> That's pretty weird. That code has been there for ages. I tried but > no > >> >>> problems for me. > >> >>> This operating system and version are you using? > >> >>> Which shell? > >> >>> Maybe it's the locale? Try launching something like "LANG=C > >> >>> remote-viewer spice://192.168.178.51:5900" (LANG environment > change) > >> >>> > >> >>> Frediano > >> >>> > >> >>> > Am Do., 17. Nov. 2022 um 10:08 Uhr schrieb Frediano Ziglio < > fredd...@gmail.com>: > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> Il giorno gio 17 nov 2022 alle ore 07:57 Stefan Silberstein > >> >>> >> <linuxst...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > Hello again, > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > so - yesterday I worked from home - as I wrote I was able to > connect by specifying the user root with "remote-viewer spice:// > root@192.168.178.51:5900" > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > Today I want to connect the exact same way (yesterday i simply > closed the remote-viewer window and the server keept on running so the > windows-VM was running the whole night) - and I can not connect. > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > Error Message on the console "** (remote-viewer:6146): > CRITICAL **: 07:55:52.853: virt_viewer_util_extract_host: assertion 'uri != > NULL' failed" > >> >>> >> > Error Message on the popup says translated: Connectiontype > could not be determined by URI. > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> Hi, > >> >>> >> That means that the code was not able to parse the URI. > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > IP of the server itself is 192.168.178.51 > >> >>> >> > IP of the Virtual Machine is 192.168.178.64 and i pingable > >> >>> >> > Port 5900 on the server is open: 5900/tcp open vnc > >> >>> >> > remote-viewer --spice-debug spice:⁄⁄192.168.178.51:5900 does > not produce a more verbose output :( > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> In this example you are not using ASCII slashes (//), maybe > that's the problem. > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > Update in the meantime > >> >>> >> > But maybe this is helpful to you: > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > I simply started "remote-viewer --spice-debug" > >> >>> >> > Then i got the GUI (which i wasnt even aware it existed). > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > When I choose the same entry on that list - I AM able to > connect. > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > So the error only exists only when I try to connect via > command line?! (This is when I am able to connect tomorrow via GUI ;) ) > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > Shouldn't this be the same ? > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > I mabe I can help - maybe this is indeed a bug? > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > Stefan > >> >>> >> > > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> Frediano > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > Am Mi., 16. Nov. 2022 um 09:37 Uhr schrieb Victor Toso < > victort...@redhat.com>: > >> >>> >> >> > >> >>> >> >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 09:27:21AM +0100, Stefan Silberstein > wrote: > >> >>> >> >> > I appreciate the time to answer me. > >> >>> >> >> > > >> >>> >> >> > In the meantime (out of desperation because i needed the > virtualmachine for > >> >>> >> >> > work) I gave it a go with specifying root as user and not > the servers > >> >>> >> >> > username "server". > >> >>> >> >> > > >> >>> >> >> > I was able to connect to the virtual Windows10 installation > with > >> >>> >> >> > > >> >>> >> >> > remote-viewer spice://root@192.168.178.51:5900 > >> >>> >> >> > >> >>> >> >> Cool > >> >>> >> >> > >> >>> >> >> > But again - then I dont unterstand why it worked as user and > >> >>> >> >> > later on with specifying the user later on (which doesn't > work > >> >>> >> >> > right now anymore) > >> >>> >> >> > > >> >>> >> >> > So it is a permissions problem on my side and I successfully > >> >>> >> >> > wasted your time. :/ > >> >>> >> >> > > >> >>> >> >> > Sorry about that. > >> >>> >> >> > >> >>> >> >> Don't worry about that. Happy to hear it worked. > >> >>> >> >> > >> >>> >> >> > > >> >>> >> >> > This happens when "users" try to play with the big boys > toys :D > >> >>> >> >> > > >> >>> >> >> > Have a nice day you all and thanks for your time. > >> >>> >> >> > >> >>> >> >> You too. > >> >>> >> >> Cheers, > >> >>> >> >> > >> >>> >> >> > > >> >>> >> >> > Stefan > >> >>> >> >> > > >> >>> >> >> > Am Mi., 16. Nov. 2022 um 09:21 Uhr schrieb Victor Toso < > >> >>> >> >> > victort...@redhat.com>: > >> >>> >> >> > > >> >>> >> >> > > Hi Stefan, > >> >>> >> >> > > > >> >>> >> >> > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 09:53:05PM +0100, Stefan > Silberstein wrote: > >> >>> >> >> > > > Hello developers, > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > I can imagine that this will be an annoying question > for you - > >> >>> >> >> > > > so I apologize in advance. > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > I am a user - with a longer history with linux BUT i am > >> >>> >> >> > > > completely new to virtualization. > >> >>> >> >> > > > Due to the fact that I got a server donated to me I > wanted to > >> >>> >> >> > > > give it a go and it worked like a charm. > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > Installed virt-manager, installed Windows10 connected > with > >> >>> >> >> > > > virt-manager - absolutely no problem. > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > Due to the fact that I need dual monitors I learned > that I > >> >>> >> >> > > > could add another display and connect with spice - and > it > >> >>> >> >> > > > worked immediately. > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > BUT - without me changing anything (consciously) I > wasn't able > >> >>> >> >> > > > to connect to the virtual machine the next week. > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > It refuses with "Verbindungstyp konnte nicht von URI > ermittelt werden" > >> >>> >> >> > > > (Connection type could not be determined by URI) > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > Then i tried to connect with sudo and specifying the > user in > >> >>> >> >> > > > the command line and it once again connected: > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > sudo remote-viewer spice:⁄⁄server@192.168.178.51:5900 > >> >>> >> >> > > > >> >>> >> >> > > Perhaps the URL is the problem. If the IP is > 192.168.178.51 and > >> >>> >> >> > > the port for the VM is 5900, then try > >> >>> >> >> > > > >> >>> >> >> > > remote-viewer spice://192.168.178.51:5900 > >> >>> >> >> > > > >> >>> >> >> > > If server is a dns that can be resolved, should be fine > to use it > >> >>> >> >> > > instead of ip address > >> >>> >> >> > > > >> >>> >> >> > > remote-viewer spice://server:5900 > >> >>> >> >> > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > And now - again without changing anything - it doesn't > connect > >> >>> >> >> > > > with that command as well. > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > I have sadly NO clue whatsoever where to even search > for a > >> >>> >> >> > > > solution - the internet didn't help me here... > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > Do you have any hint at all what I might do wrong here? > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > The machine is available - the port is open and visible > >> >>> >> >> > > > PORT STATE SERVICE > >> >>> >> >> > > > 22/tcp open ssh > >> >>> >> >> > > > 80/tcp open http > >> >>> >> >> > > > 3389/tcp open ms-wbt-server > >> >>> >> >> > > > 5900/tcp open vnc > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > ufw on the server is shut down. > >> >>> >> >> > > > > >> >>> >> >> > > > ANY help would be greatly appreciated. > >> >>> >> >> > > > >> >>> >> >> > > You can get more verbose information of issues with > --spice-debug > >> >>> >> >> > > command line option too. > >> >>> >> >> > > > >> >>> >> >> > > Cheers, > >> >>> >> >> > > Victor > >> >>> >> >> > > >