[Spice-devel] SPICE questions

Thu Mar 11 08:44:41 PST 2010

Hi Izik,

Find below all messages that are logged, the message "qxl_exit_vga_mode" is one of the last messages.

Thanks

Stefan

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/home/rte/Proj/spice/vdesktop/qemu/qemu: /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libavutil.so.49: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libspice.so.0)

/home/rte/Proj/spice/vdesktop/qemu/qemu: /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libavcodec.so.52: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libspice.so.0)

root at TP68:/images/rtosvisor# spice_init: starting 0.4.0

interface_change_notifier: VD_INTERFACE_MIGRATION

migration_notify_register: record=0xa0216e0 opaque=(nil) key=spice_mig_ext mstarted=0x9dcad0 mfinished=0x9e3400 mig_recv=0x9db4e0

interface_change_notifier: VD_INTERFACE_QTERM

init_qxl_ram: npages 14357

qxl_init: rom(0xb7311000, 0x35040000, 0x0) ram(0x2000, 0xb3311000, 0x31040000) vram((nil), 0x4000000, 0xb7313000)

interface_change_notifier: VD_INTERFACE_QXL

red_worker_main: begin

0: qxl_enter_vga_mode

handle_dev_input: attach

create_cairo_context: using cairo canvas

interface_change_notifier: VD_INTERFACE_KEYBOARD

interface_change_notifier: VD_INTERFACE_MOUSE

QXL: qxl_vm_change_state_handler: running=1

handle_dev_input: start

qxl_display_resize

qxl_reset

handle_dev_input: detach

handle_dev_input: attach

create_cairo_context: using cairo canvas

vdi_port_io_map: base 0xc040 size 0x10

vdi_port_ram_map: addr 0xc1000000 size 0x10000

ram_map: addr 0xc4000000 size 0x4000000

vram_map: addr 0xc8000000 size 0x1000

rom_map: addr 0xc8002000 size 0x2000

ioport_map: base 0xc050 size 0x8

qxl_display_resize

qxl_reset

handle_dev_input: detach

handle_dev_input: attach

create_cairo_context: using cairo canvas

qxl_display_resize

qxl_reset

handle_dev_input: detach

handle_dev_input: attach

create_cairo_context: using cairo canvas

qxl_display_resize

qxl_reset

handle_dev_input: detach

handle_dev_input: attach

create_cairo_context: using cairo canvas

vdi_port_io_map: base 0xc040 size 0x10

vdi_port_ram_map: addr 0xc1000000 size 0x10000

ram_map: addr 0xc4000000 size 0x4000000

vram_map: addr 0xc8000000 size 0x1000

rom_map: addr 0xc8002000 size 0x2000

ioport_map: base 0xc050 size 0x8

ram_map: addr 0xc4000000 size 0x4000000

vram_map: addr 0xc8000000 size 0x1000

rom_map: addr 0xc8002000 size 0x2000

ioport_map: base 0xc050 size 0x8

vdi_port_io_map: base 0xc040 size 0x10

vdi_port_ram_map: addr 0xc1000000 size 0x10000

0: QXL_IO_RESET

qxl_reset

handle_dev_input: detach

handle_dev_input: attach

create_cairo_context: using cairo canvas

0: QXL_IO_SET_MODE

qxl_set_mode: 24

handle_dev_input: detach

qxl_exit_vga_mode

handle_dev_input: attach

create_cairo_context: using cairo canvas

reds_handle_main_link: 

reds_show_new_channel: channel 1:0, connected sucessfully, over Non Secure link

reds_main_handle_message: net test: letancy 0.219000 ms, bitrate 11995126 bps (11.439444 Mbps)

reds_show_new_channel: channel 4:0, connected sucessfully, over Non Secure link

red_dispatcher_set_cursor_peer: 

handle_dev_input: cursor connect

reds_show_new_channel: channel 3:0, connected sucessfully, over Non Secure link

inputs_link: 

reds_show_new_channel: channel 2:0, connected sucessfully, over Non Secure link

red_dispatcher_set_peer: 

handle_dev_input: connect

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Izik Eidus [mailto:ieidus at redhat.com] 
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. März 2010 17:36
An: Stefan Zintgraf
Cc: spice-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
Betreff: Re: [Spice-devel] SPICE questions

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:52 +0100

"Stefan Zintgraf" <s.zintgraf at acontis.com> wrote:

> Hi,

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> What kind of results? -

> The bandwith that spice take?

> The speed of rendering ? (interactive feeling)

> The cpu it cunsom?

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> as i've written, the problems are speed.

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> It is even slower compared with "-vga std" option of QEMU.

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> Regardless if I run the client on the same machine or on a remote Windows machine, speed is always the same.

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> One point to mention: 

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> if I move the PPT to another slide it takes several seconds until the screen is updated.

I think you are still at vga mode, when you run the spiced qemu, you see alot of message

when you change the resoultion of the guest do you see the following message: 

qxl_exit_vga_mode

on the terminal?

Thanks.

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> After closing the spice client and restarting it again, the screen is built immediately.

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> So it seems that it takes a very long time until the spice server gets updated screen data.

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> 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

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> "The Display: " say Red Hat QXL GPU ?

> The display says "Red Hat QXL GPU"! 

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> (There is a issue with windows that you got to change resoultion after you install the

> driver in order to benefit from it)

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> I changed resolution, nothing changed regarding speed.

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> Thanks

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> Stefan

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> Von: Izik Eidus [mailto:ieidus at redhat.com] 

> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. März 2010 00:20

> An: Stefan Zintgraf

> Cc: Alexander Larsson; spice-devel at lists.freedesktop.org

> Betreff: Re: [Spice-devel] SPICE questions

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> On 03/10/2010 06:37 PM, Stefan Zintgraf wrote: 

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> I got it compiled and running now!

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> 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.

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> But the results are quite disappointing with a Windows XP virtual machine.

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> What kind of results? -

> The bandwith that spice take?

> The speed of rendering ? (interactive feeling)

> The cpu it cunsom?

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> In my virtual machine the "Red Hat QXL GPU" driver is installed as well the "Red Hat Virtual Desktop Interface Port" driver.

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> 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.

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> 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

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> "The Display: " say Red Hat QXL GPU ?

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> (There is a issue with windows that you got to change resoultion after you install the

> driver in order to benefit from it)

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> Thanks

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> Has anybody an idea what I am doing wrong, how can I find out what may be the reason?

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> Another point: the spice client seems to be very unstable in specific situations.

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> 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. 

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> 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.

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> Thanks for any help.

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> Stefan

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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> Von: Alexander Larsson [mailto:alexl at redhat.com] 

> Gesendet: Montag, 8. März 2010 15:43

> An: Stefan Zintgraf

> Cc: dlaor at redhat.com; spice-devel at lists.freedesktop.org

> Betreff: Re: AW: [Spice-devel] SPICE questions

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> On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 15:34 +0100, Stefan Zintgraf wrote:

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> > The faq says: I built Spice server on a 32-bit machine and it failed.

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> > I've read the FAQ but was not aware if it is impossible by design to

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> > get everything running on a single 32 Bit Linux.

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> I don't really know the exact requirements, just read this in the faq.

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> Its possible that this is fixable, but currently it does not build on

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