[et-mgmt-tools] virt-manager fails to open graphical vnc console to Xen HVM windows domU

[Cole Robinson]

Alexander Piavka wrote:
>   Hi All,
> 
>   Then tring to open  graphical vnc console to Xen HVM windows domUs
> it fails and in virt manager log i see the following appended:
> ------------------------------------------
> [Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:34:25 virt-manager 17603] ERROR (virt-manager:141) 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 185, in
>     _do_show_console
>       self.show_console(uri, uuid)
>     File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 239, in
>     show_console
>       con.get_vm(uuid))
>     File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/console.py", line 87, in __init__
>      self.vncViewer.set_scaling(True)
> AttributeError: 'gtkvnc.Display' object has no attribute 'set_scaling'
> None
> ------------------------------------------
> 
>   Virt manager version is 0.5.4, libvirt is 0.4.1
> The managed Xen server host is on remote machine with libvirtd running.
> Also if i connect with vncviewer (from the virt-manager host) to the HVM it 
> works fine.
> 
>   What could be the problem?
> 
>    Thanks
>    Alex
> 

Hi Alex,

You'll need the gtk-vnc and gtk-vnc-python 0.3.4 or later to avoid this error.

- Cole