[fedora-virt] Questions Fedora 20 Beta
Cole Robinson
crobinso at redhat.com
Wed Dec 4 23:03:14 UTC 2013
On 11/28/2013 07:12 PM, David Highley wrote:
> "Cole Robinson wrote:"
>>
>> On 11/18/2013 11:14 PM, David Highley wrote:
>>> "Cole Robinson wrote:"
>>>>
>>>> On 11/14/2013 11:33 PM, David Highley wrote:
>>>>> First off I'm not very experienced setting up and running virtual guest
>>>>> systems. I install Fedora 20 Beta using virt-manager. It is hosted on a
>>>>> Fedora 19 system.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Reocurring issue with the pointer not being visible in the guest
>>>>> window. Some times cleared by stopping and restarting the guest
>>>>> system. Most of the time need to force stop.
>>>>
>>>> Please provide the guest config: sudo virsh dumpxml $vmname
>>>
>>> <domain type='kvm'>
>>> <name>BetaFedora20-x64</name>
>>> <uuid>56527a8f-d3c9-054c-6882-16ce154ca811</uuid>
>>> <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
>>> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
>>> <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
>>> <os>
>>> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-1.4'>hvm</type>
>>> <boot dev='hd'/>
>>> </os>
>>> <features>
>>> <acpi/>
>>> <apic/>
>>> <pae/>
>>> </features>
>>> <clock offset='utc'/>
>>> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>>> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>>> <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>>> <devices>
>>> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
>>> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>>> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>>> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/BetaFedora20-x64.img'/>
>>> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
>>> </disk>
>>> <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
>>> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>>> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>>> <readonly/>
>>> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
>>> </disk>
>>> <controller type='usb' index='0'>
>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
>>> </controller>
>>> <controller type='ide' index='0'>
>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
>>> </controller>
>>> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
>>> </controller>
>>> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
>>> <interface type='direct'>
>>> <mac address='52:54:00:1b:4b:94'/>
>>> <source dev='p57p1' mode='bridge'/>
>>> <model type='rtl8139'/>
>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
>>> </interface>
>>> <serial type='pty'>
>>> <target port='0'/>
>>> </serial>
>>> <console type='pty'>
>>> <target type='serial' port='0'/>
>>> </console>
>>> <channel type='spicevmc'>
>>> <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/>
>>> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
>>> </channel>
>>> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
>>> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>>> <graphics type='spice' autoport='yes'/>
>>> <sound model='ich6'>
>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
>>> </sound>
>>> <video>
>>> <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' heads='1'/>
>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
>>> </video>
>>> <memballoon model='virtio'>
>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
>>> </memballoon>
>>> </devices>
>>> </domain>
>>
>> I haven't heard other reports about the disappearing pointer. If you can
>> reliably reproduce, please open a bug against virt-manager (if that's where
>> you are reproducing) with the above config, content of
>> /var/log/libvirt/qemu/$vmname.log, and extra points for a screen cast of the
>> actual error so we can see it going wrong.
>
> I now believe now it is a timing issue. If you start up the client and
> login right after the Gnome greeter comes ready the pointer disappears
> after logging in. I also notice in the Virtual Machine Manager that it
> still has a high CPU usage. If you delay a few seconds, not minutes. The
> issue does not show up.
Interesting. please file a spice-gtk bug so we can track this, listing all the
info you mentioned here. bonus points if you can capture a screencast
demonstrating it. gnome-shell has built in screencasting with ctrl+shift+alt+r
if that's your desktop. Please mention the bug here when it is filed.
Thanks,
Cole
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