Hi, On So, 2014-09-20 at 11:31 +0000, Bill Dossett wrote: > Thank you. IE wasn't telling me about a .vv download...
It may be caused by spice-x presence in the system. If you remove it from IE, IE should offer you .vv file download. spice-activex doesn't have an uninstaller so you can remove it from IE using "About plugins..." --> All plug-ins --> Red Hat SpiceX -- Remove (from top of my head so YMMV). It should do the job but there will still be some traces scattered across the registry - try looking for spicex, spice-x, spice-activex, ACD6D89C-938D-49B4-8E81-DDBD13F4B48A and ACD6D89C-938D-49B4-8E81-DDBD13F4B48B (the UUIDs are class IDs used by x86 and x86_64 versions of plug-in respectively). Regards, David > I had reverted to using IE as virt-engine seemed like it was happier with me > using IE and warned me that graphic display wasn't optimal with FireFox.. so > anyway, I tried FireFox again and it offered to download the .vv file and I > opened it and associated it with Remote Viewer and yes it works. Looks like > I am back on track again. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Jaša [mailto:dj...@redhat.com] > Sent: 19 September 2014 13:29 > To: Bill Dossett > Cc: users@ovirt.org > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] console spice questions > > Hi, > > On Pá, 2014-09-19 at 10:26 +0000, Bill Dossett wrote: > > Thanks David, I appreciate the help. I installed virt-manager on my > > virt-engine. > > That isn't needed. > > > And I have installed virt-viewer on my workstation... > > This is what I advised. > > > I am still not getting a console though. I don't quite understand if I have > > to do anything further.. I have checked the faq and looked at the screen > > shots, but I am not much the wiser... is there any more detail I can read > > on installing and getting this running? > > Once you install virt-viewer in Windows, it should be associated with .vv > files. When you click Console then, you should be offered with .vv file > download, let it open with virt-viewer (should work > out-of-the-box) and voilà, you should see your console. > > If you're not offered with .vv file for download, try choosing "Native > client" method in Console options (and of course if you have spice console > selected in VM options) > > so, > > > I am assuming I connect to virt-engine for this - should the console > > button in the virt-engine bring up the remote viewer, > > yes, it should, > > > or do I have to start the remote view separately? > > no, > > > I turned the firewall off to make sure that isn't the problem. > > Firewall is not involved unless you restrict outbound connections as well, > > > It appears its trying fire virt-manager up on to a remote x display I > > guess, but I just get "unable to connect to the graphic server > > spice://ovirt.pbi.global.pvt:5900 " > > again, virt-manager is not the thingy you want, virt-viewer is. > > HTH, > > David > > > Any further advice on getting this running would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Bill > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Jaša [mailto:dj...@redhat.com] > > Sent: 19 September 2014 09:05 > > To: Bill Dossett > > Cc: users@ovirt.org > > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] console spice questions > > > > Hi Bill, > > > > Yes, the document is already dated. Lately, you don't have to go through > > the hoops needed to make spice-x work. Even if you can get it, it will only > > work for you in IE < 11. You should instead just install virt-viewer [1] > > and the consoles should Just Work for you using the Natice Client (.vv > > file) method. > > > > David > > > > [1] http://virt-manager.org/download/ > > > > > > On Fri, 2014-09-19 at 07:20 +0000, Bill Dossett wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > > > After setting up an ovirt cluster with 4 hosts and getting my > > > networking and vlans all connected I’m pretty impressed with ovirt. > > > I am however not too impressed with trying to actually get a console > > > into a VM. I’m not sure why this isn’t included in the ovirt engine > > > to begin with as console access to actually configure a VM to make > > > templates of seems a pretty basic tenant of virtualisation. > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I am following the guide > > > http://www.ovirt.org/How_to_Connect_to_SPICE_Console_With_Portal > > > and trying to download spice.cab to follow the rather long procedure > > > to install, however the link on that page gives a 404 page not found > > > error. Could someone point me to the actual download? 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