[virt-tools-list] virt-viewer via ssh -X

Tue Jul 26 13:17:15 UTC 2011

Here is the output you requested:

$ xdpyinfo
name of display:    :0.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    The Cygwin/X Project
vendor release number:    60899901
maximum request size:  16777212 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    7
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
    depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 255
focus:  window 0xa0000d, revert to PointerRoot
number of extensions:    24
    BIG-REQUESTS
    DAMAGE
    DEC-XTRAP
    DOUBLE-BUFFER
    Extended-Visual-Information
    GLX
    LBX
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    RANDR
    RECORD
    RENDER
    SECURITY
    SGI-GLX
    SHAPE
    SYNC
    TOG-CUP
    X-Resource
    XC-APPGROUP
    XC-MISC
    XFIXES
    XFree86-Bigfont
    XInputExtension
    XKEYBOARD
    XTEST
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1

screen #0:
  print screen:    no
  dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (433x347 millimeters)
  resolution:    75x75 dots per inch
  depths (7):    24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
  root window id:    0x3e
  depth of root window:    24 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x20
  default number of colormap cells:    256
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 16777215
  options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
  largest cursor:    32x32
  current input event mask:    0x4a0004
    ButtonPressMask          StructureNotifyMask      SubstructureNotifyMask   
    PropertyChangeMask       
  number of visuals:    4
  default visual id:  0x22
  visual:
    visual id:    0x22
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x23
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x24
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x25
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits

Best Regards,

Jeffrey W. Kirkpatrick, RHCE
VP, Virtualization Platform Engineering
Bank of America - 469.201.0440 
Email:  Jeffrey.W.Kirkpatrick at bankofamerica.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard W.M. Jones [mailto:rjones at redhat.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 2:44 AM
To: Kirkpatrick, Jeffrey W
Cc: virt-tools-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] virt-viewer via ssh -X

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 06:11:13PM +0000, Kirkpatrick, Jeffrey W wrote:
> I am attempting to run virt-viewer via a CYGWIN X session on my Windows laptop, but am getting all sorts of errors when I do.
> 
> >From a CYGWIN session, I run startx, then ssh -X to the KVM Host server. From there I run the following command:
> 
> [root at kvmhost1 ~]# virt-viewer rhel6guest
> 
> And the virt-viewer window does display, however with no readable font on the task bar, just a bunch of rectangles. After a few minutes the virt-viewer screen dies, too.
[...]
> Anyone have any insights?

What's the output of xdpyinfo?

It's unfortunate that Gtk is not well tested in the remote case and is often a bit broken.  I use a few Gtk apps remotely all the time and tend to notice this.  Fonts and icons are usually what breaks.

Rich.

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