[Spice-devel] Fwd: a question about Xspice

[Uri Lublin]

On 10/22/2014 06:29 PM, Cynthia wrote:
> At 2014-10-22 19:26:20, "Uri Lublin" <uril at redhat.com> wrote:
> >> From: cynthia <cynthia_115 at 163.com>
> >> HI All,
> >>
> >>    I am trying to build Xspice which is included in guest QXL driver, but one question confuses me a lot.
> >>    As the Xspice's description in Readme, i get that Xspice is a X server and spice server in one, running in guest os,
> >>    but our team has developed a set of windows virtual desktop in which the spiceserver is deployed in HOST os linked with QEMU,
> >>    and i think that is coordinated with the spice protocol.,
> >>    So, could anyone explain it for me if spiceserver is deployed in guest os or host os? I will be very very appreciated~
> >>
> >Hi Cynthia,
> >
> >Xspice was developed with the (Linux) server/host in mind, not the guest.
> >Running on a server, it enable remote access to a physical machine using
> >Spice.
> >
> >Of course, it can instead run on the guest, but that was not its purpose.
> >We already had a solution for the guest that uses Spice, as you've
> >mentioned.
> >
> Dear Uri,
> Thank you so so much for your mail , it's very important.
> I started to learn Xspice because Our team are trying to find a 
> solution to Linux virtual desktop.
> Today I created a Fedora guest OS and found there are already 
> pre-installed vdagent and qxl driver in it.
> My spice client can connect to the server and logged into the guest, 
> the most important part is the qxl dirver in guest is working,
> I think the Linux virtual desktop works, but i didn't do any Xspice 
> thing, i use the host used to hosting Windows guest.
> In my opinion spice client will be able to access to physical machine 
> when an spice server package is installed, but what do we use Xspice for?
> and what will setting environment variables for X server in the host 
> and enabling video, mouse and keyboard driver(libspiceqxl_drv.so) help 
> for?
> It's a little long mail, many questions in my head. Anyway ,thank you 
> Uri again:)
> B R
> Cynthia

Hi

If you are using a virtual machine, Linux/Windows, you do not need to 
use Xspice. Just use QXL device/driver.
People who want to use Spice to remote display a (non VM) Linux server, 
can use Xspice.
Xspice options can be set using environment variables.
Hope that helps,
Uri.