[Spice-devel] [Users] 2 virtual monitors for Fedora guest

David Mansfield spice at dm.cobite.com
Thu Apr 10 14:24:21 PDT 2014


On 04/09/2014 07:15 AM, Itamar Heim wrote:
> On 04/09/2014 01:57 PM, René Koch wrote:
>> On 04/09/2014 11:24 AM, René Koch wrote:
>>> Thanks a lot for testing.
>>> Too bad that multiple monitors didn't work for you, too.
>>>
>>> I'll test RHEL next - maybe this works better then Fedora...
>>
>> I just tested CentOS 6.5 with Gnome desktop and 2 monitors aren't
>> working, too.
>> I can see 3 vdagent processes running in CentOS...
>
> adding spice-devel
>

I have just gotten multiple monitors working.  I have F20 guest, F20 
host, F20 client.  To get the multiple monitors working I had to:

1) disable qxl.ko module in guest  by adding "nomodeset" to the kernel 
boot command line in grub. This one makes a huge difference - thinks are 
completely unstable with qxl.ko

2) increase the "framebuffer" memory from 16MB to 32MB (1920x1200 
resolution x 32bpp x 2 monitors > 16MB ram) by adding:

   <qemu:commandline>
     <qemu:arg value='-global'/>
     <qemu:arg value='qxl-vga.vgamem_mb=32'/>
   </qemu:commandline>

(and don't forget to modify the top line of the xml to add the 
xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'

3) possibly necessary, increase the "ram" and "vram" :
   <model type='qxl' ram='131072' vram='131072' heads='1'/>

I have no idea if #3 is necessary, I did it before I found #2, and have 
stuck with it.

After this, using remote-viewer I can activate display 2 (after logging 
in) and pretty much everything works correctly.

I have been trying to get this configuration working for a LONG time and 
it's finally there.


>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> René
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/08/2014 09:25 PM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
>>>> Some prelimianry tests at my side.
>>>>
>>>> oVirt 3.4 on fedora 19 AIO.
>>>> Datacenter and cluster configured as 3.4 level
>>>> Some packages on it
>>>> libvirt-1.1.3.2-1.fc19.x86_64
>>>> qemu-kvm-1.6.1-2.fc19.x86_64
>>>> vdsm-4.14.6-0.fc19.x86_64
>>>> spice-server-0.12.4-3.fc19.x86_64
>>>>
>>>> guest is an updated Fedora 19 system configured based on blank
>>>> template and OS=Linux
>>>> and
>>>> xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.1.1-3.fc19.x86_64
>>>> spice-vdagent-0.14.0-5.fc19.x86_64
>>>>
>>>> Client is an updated Fedora 20 box with 
>>>> virt-viewer-0.6.0-1.fc20.x86_64
>>>>
>>>> If I select the "Single PCI" checkbox in console options of guest and
>>>> connect from the Fedora 20 client I don't see at all an option in
>>>> remote-viewer to open a second display and no new display detected in
>>>> guest.
>>>> And lspci on guest indeed gives only one video controller.
>>>>
>>>> BTW: what is this option for, apart the meaning?
>>>>
>>>> If I deselect the "Single PCI" checkbox I get the "Display 2" option
>>>> in remote-viewer but it is greyed out.
>>>> No new monitor in "detect displays" of guest.
>>>>
>>>> In this last situation I have on host this qem-kvm command line:
>>>> qemu     16664     1 48 21:04 ?        00:02:42
>>>> /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm -name f19 -S -machine
>>>> pc-1.0,accel=kvm,usb=off -cpu Opteron_G3 -m 2048 -realtime mlock=off
>>>> -smp 1,maxcpus=160,sockets=160,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid
>>>> 55d8b95b-f420-4208-a2fb-5f370d05f5d8 -smbios
>>>> type=1,manufacturer=oVirt,product=oVirt
>>>> Node,version=19-8,serial=E0E1001E-8C00-002A-6F9A-90E6BAC9F1E1,uuid=55d8b95b-f420-4208-a2fb-5f370d05f5d8 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev
>>>> socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/f19.monitor,server,nowait 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc
>>>> base=2014-04-08T19:04:45,driftfix=slew -no-shutdown -device
>>>> piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -device
>>>> virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -device
>>>> usb-ccid,id=ccid0 -drive
>>>> if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw,serial= -device
>>>> ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -drive
>>>> file=/rhev/data-center/mnt/_data_DATA2/b24b94c7-5935-4940-9152-36ecd370ba7c/images/5e99a818-9fd1-47bb-99dc-50bd25374c2f/a2baa1e5-569f-4081-97a7-10ec2a20daab,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw,serial=5e99a818-9fd1-47bb-99dc-50bd25374c2f,cache=none,werror=stop,rerror=stop,aio=threads 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -device
>>>> virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -netdev tap,fd=28,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=29 -device
>>>> virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=00:1a:4a:a8:01:55,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -chardev spicevmc,id=charsmartcard0,name=smartcard -device
>>>> ccid-card-passthru,chardev=charsmartcard0,id=smartcard0,bus=ccid0.0
>>>> -chardev
>>>> socket,id=charchannel0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channels/55d8b95b-f420-4208-a2fb-5f370d05f5d8.com.redhat.rhevm.vdsm,server,nowait 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -device
>>>> virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=com.redhat.rhevm.vdsm 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -chardev
>>>> socket,id=charchannel1,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channels/55d8b95b-f420-4208-a2fb-5f370d05f5d8.org.qemu.guest_agent.0,server,nowait 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -device
>>>> virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=2,chardev=charchannel1,id=channel1,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -chardev spicevmc,id=charchannel2,name=vdagent -device
>>>> virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=3,chardev=charchannel2,id=channel2,name=com.redhat.spice.0 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -spice
>>>> tls-port=5901,addr=0,x509-dir=/etc/pki/vdsm/libvirt-spice,tls-channel=main,tls-channel=display,tls-channel=inputs,tls-channel=cursor,tls-channel=playback,tls-channel=record,tls-channel=smartcard,tls-channel=usbredir,seamless-migration=on 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -k en-us -device
>>>> qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=33554432,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -device
>>>> qxl,id=video1,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=33554432,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8
>>>> -device AC97,id=sound0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -device
>>>> virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7
>>>>
>>>> On guest:
>>>> [root at localhost ~]# lspci
>>>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma]
>>>> (rev 02)
>>>> 00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton
>>>> II]
>>>> 00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE
>>>> [Natoma/Triton II]
>>>> 00:01.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 USB
>>>> [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01)
>>>> 00:01.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
>>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Red Hat, Inc. QXL paravirtual
>>>> graphic card (rev 03)
>>>> 00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio network device
>>>> 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97
>>>> Audio Controller (rev 01)
>>>> 00:05.0 Communication controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio console
>>>> 00:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio block device
>>>> 00:07.0 RAM memory: Red Hat, Inc Virtio memory balloon
>>>> 00:08.0 Display controller: Red Hat, Inc. QXL paravirtual graphic card
>>>> (rev 03)
>>>>
>>>> See here Xorg.0.log generated on guest:
>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwoPbcrMv8mvTm9VbE53ZmVKcVk/edit?usp=sharing 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In particular I see in it many:
>>>> [    64.234] (II) qxl(0): qxl_xf86crtc_resize: Placeholder resize
>>>> 1024x768
>>>> [    87.280] qxl_surface_create: Bad bpp: 1 (1)
>>>> [    87.280] qxl_surface_create: Bad bpp: 1 (1)
>>>> [    87.949] qxl_surface_create: Bad bpp: 1 (1)
>>>> [   110.469] qxl_surface_create: Bad bpp: 1 (1)
>>>> [   110.478] qxl_surface_create: Bad bpp: 1 (1)
>>>> [   146.096] - 0th attempt
>>>> [   146.096] - OOM at 962 511 24 (= 1474746 bytes)
>>>> [   146.096] Cache contents:  null null null null null null null null
>>>> null null null null null null null null null null null null null null
>>>> null null null null null null null null null null null null null null
>>>> null null null null null null null null null null null null null null
>>>> 1008  997 1007 1005 1018 1003 1009 1011 1001 1012 1019 1016 1006 1013
>>>>     total: 14
>>>> [   146.107] - 1th attempt
>>>> [   146.107] - OOM at 962 511 24 (= 1474746 bytes)
>>>>
>>>> Gianluca
>>>>
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