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

[sean darcy]

What am I looking for - qemu - 0.14?

Sean

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
>
>