<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hi,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> What kind of results? - The bandwith that spice take? The speed of rendering ? (interactive feeling) The cpu it cunsom? <o:p></o:p> as i’ve written, the problems are speed.<o:p></o:p> It is even slower compared with “-vga std” option of QEMU.<o:p></o:p> Regardless if I run the client on the same machine or on a remote Windows machine, speed is always the same.<o:p></o:p> One point to mention: <o:p></o:p> if I move the PPT to another slide it takes several seconds until the screen is updated.<o:p></o:p> After closing the spice client and restarting it again, the screen is built immediately.<o:p></o:p> So it seems that it takes a very long time until the spice server gets updated screen data.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Well this for sure not right for any machine that i have saw. Do you sure you are using the QXL driver? when you go to: Control Panel -> Display -> Settings "The Display: " say Red Hat QXL GPU ? The display says “Red Hat QXL GPU”! <o:p></o:p> (There is a issue with windows that you got to change resoultion after you install the driver in order to benefit from it) I changed resolution, nothing changed regarding speed.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks<o:p></o:p> Stefan<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> Von: Izik Eidus [mailto:ieidus@redhat.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. März 2010 00:20 An: Stefan Zintgraf Cc: Alexander Larsson; spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Betreff: Re: [Spice-devel] SPICE questions<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> On 03/10/2010 06:37 PM, Stefan Zintgraf wrote: <o:p></o:p> <u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place">I got it compiled and running now!<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> I had to insert a lot of casts and do some tricking with the libasound library (had to use the 32 bit one) and finally it compiled and even started.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> But the results are quite disappointing with a Windows XP virtual machine.<o:p></o:p> </u1:smarttagtype></u1:smarttagtype></u1:smarttagtype>What kind of results? - The bandwith that spice take? The speed of rendering ? (interactive feeling) The cpu it cunsom? <o:p></o:p> <u1:p></u1:p><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place">In my virtual machine the “Red Hat QXL GPU” driver is installed as well the “<st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:placename u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Red</st1:placename></st1:PlaceName> <st1:placename u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hat</st1:placename></st1:PlaceName> <st1:placename u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Virtual</st1:placename></st1:PlaceName> <st1:placename u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Desktop</st1:placename></st1:PlaceName> <st1:placename u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Interface</st1:placename></st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Port</st1:placetype></st1:place></st1:PlaceType></st1:place>” driver.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> Compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop the results are disappointing and even if I run QEMU without the qxl and spice option the results are better.<o:p></o:p> </u1:smarttagtype></u1:smarttagtype></u1:smarttagtype> Well this for sure not right for any machine that i have saw. Do you sure you are using the QXL driver? when you go to: Control Panel -> Display -> Settings "The Display: " say Red Hat QXL GPU ? (There is a issue with windows that you got to change resoultion after you install the driver in order to benefit from it) Thanks <o:p></o:p> <u1:p></u1:p><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place">Has anybody an idea what I am doing wrong, how can I find out what may be the reason?<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> Another point: the spice client seems to be very unstable in specific situations.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> When I opened MS Powerpoint and went to a specific slide with a lot of graphics it regularly crashed without leaving any message. There was no difference whether I used the self-compiled Linux client or the downloaded Windows binaries. <u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> Especially the speed behavior is important for me to decide if using SPICE is the right way to go and then to possibly contribute where necessary.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> Thanks for any help.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> Stefan<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Alexander Larsson [<a href="mailto:alexl@redhat.com">mailto:alexl@redhat.com</a>] Gesendet: Montag, 8. März 2010 15:43 An: Stefan Zintgraf Cc: <a href="mailto:dlaor@redhat.com">dlaor@redhat.com</a>; <a href="mailto:spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org">spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a> Betreff: Re: AW: [Spice-devel] SPICE questions<o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 15:34 +0100, Stefan Zintgraf wrote:<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> > Thanks for the answer.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> > <u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> >  <u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> > <u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> > The faq says: I built Spice server on a 32-bit machine and it failed.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> > What can I do?<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> > <u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> > I've read the FAQ but was not aware if it is impossible by design to<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> > get everything running on a single 32 Bit Linux.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> I don't really know the exact requirements, just read this in the faq.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> Its possible that this is fixable, but currently it does not build on<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> 32bit.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p> <pre wrap=""><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Spice-devel mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org">Spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> <o:p> </o:p> </u1:smarttagtype></u1:smarttagtype></u1:smarttagtype></div> </body> </html>