[Bug 36189] Spice client full screen problem

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36189

--- Comment #5 from aix <mkrcmari at redhat.com> 2011-05-17 10:26:15 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > > There is one positive check I want to do tomorrow - to eliminate Compiz as the
> > > Window Manager being the problem - and report.
> > 
> > There was a bug related to fullscreen mode in Compiz but should be fixed in
> > versions you are using, but if you can eliminate Compiz and retest that will be
> > nice. Thanks.
> 
> I can confirm that this problem is independent of Compiz.
> 
> It seems to be related to use of auto-conf (or rather not using it) for
> full-screen. If spice client has --full-screen=auto-conf, then there is no
> problem as long as vdagent is setup properly and starts correctly.
> 
> If either vdagent is not available OR vdagent is running fine and I start a
> spice client without the auto-conf option (e.g., just using -f option) and the
> guest resolution is different from the client screen resolution, I get a dark
> screen. There is no signal coming to the monitor since the monitor will go off
> to sleep if left like  that. Programs are running behind it and you can hear
> any audio sounds. If I click Ctrl+Alt+FN (N may vary for different distros or
> Xorg setup) to go to another X screen and come back, then the display appears
> and things work well after that. If the guest resolution and the client screen
> resolution are the same, then I have no problem with just the -f option.
> 
> It is like the "monitor didn't turn on" for the guest in the above scenario
> where the resolutions are different. With auto-conf on, whatever happens in
> that handshake, turns the monitor on (metaphorically speaking, of course not to
> be taken literally). If the resolutions match then, "the monitor is turned on".
> 
> I can reproduce this consistently now.

I am not able to reproduce that, anything in ~/.spicec/spicec.log or
~/.spice-vdagent/log ? Maybe you could attach your compiled qxl driver and I
can retest with it on my set up.

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