[virt-tools-list] How do I set up spice with virt-manager-0.8.6?

[Cole Robinson]

On 02/08/2011 10:41 AM, Kenneth Armstrong wrote:
> Will we have this capability in Fedora 15 without rebuilding from
> source?  Or is that a bit further down the road?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Kenny
> 

Fedora 15 spice need no special packages/building, and the plan is to use
spice for new f15 guests.

- Cole

> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 02/04/2011 08:14 PM, sean darcy wrote:
>>> I've installed:
>>>
>>>
>>> rpm -qa | grep virt | sort
>>> libvirt-0.8.7-1.fc14.x86_64
>>> libvirt-client-0.8.7-1.fc14.x86_64
>>> libvirt-python-0.8.7-1.fc14.x86_64
>>> ocaml-libvirt-0.6.1.0-7.fc13.x86_64
>>> ocaml-libvirt-devel-0.6.1.0-7.fc13.x86_64
>>> python-virtinst-0.500.5-1.fc14.noarch
>>> python-virtkey-0.50-8.fc14.x86_64
>>> redland-virtuoso-1.0.12-1.fc14.x86_64
>>> virt-manager-0.8.6-1.fc14.noarch
>>> virtuoso-opensource-6.1.2-1.fc14.x86_64
>>> virt-viewer-0.2.1-1.fc13.x86_64
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>
>>> rpm -qa | grep spice | sort
>>> spice-glib-0.5-1.fc14.x86_64
>>> spice-gtk-0.5-1.fc14.x86_64
>>> spice-gtk-python-0.5-1.fc14.x86_64
>>> spice-protocol-0.7.0-2.fc14.noarch
>>> spice-server-0.7.2-1.fc14.x86_64
>>> spice-vdagent-0.6.3-2.fc14.x86_64
>>>
>>> On the server.
>>>
>>> But I can't connect to the vm using spicec or spicey from a remote.
>>>
>>> >From the server host:
>>>
>>> spicec -h localhost -p 5930
>>> Warning: failed to connect: Connection refused (111)
>>>
>>> Is there a way to have virt-manager to use spice, or do I need to edit
>>> the /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml by hand?
>>>
>>> If I need to edit by hand, is http://www.libvirt.org/formatdomain.html
>>> the correct guide?
>>>
>>
>> You can use virt-manager's 'Add Hardware' wizard to add a spice graphics
>> device to your guest. You'll also want to make sure you have the latest
>> qemu-system-x86 package as well (in fact, latest packages in fedora may still
>> not be new enough for this to work with libvirt, so you may need to build from
>> upstream).
>>
>> - Cole
>>
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