Synopsis

virt-viewer bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated virt-viewer packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Virtual Machine Viewer (virt-viewer) is a lightweight interface for interacting
with the graphical display of a virtualized guest. Virtual Machine Viewer uses
libvirt and is intended as a replacement for traditional VNC or SPICE clients.

These updated virt-viewer packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are
directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/virt-viewer.html#RHBA-2013-1578

Users of virt-viewer are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 843103 - remote-viewer fails to start when --full-screen or -f precedes spice:// uri
• BZ - 846127 - Virt-Viewer: RHEL 6.3: Can't Change Resolution in Full Screen
• BZ - 856682 - [remote-viewer] gnome session unresponsive after connecting to vm with more displays
• BZ - 864026 - RFE remote-viewer connection dialog should handle connection errors
• BZ - 870710 - fail to resume the win7-64 guest by pressing the keyboard after do S3 if use remote-viewer
• BZ - 875559 - Add introduction in man page of remote-viewer about connecting to rhel guest with multiple monitors.
• BZ - 875697 - remote-viewer: "Unable to connect to the graphic server" error on guest shutdown
• BZ - 876444 - RHEL guest cannot extend its desktop to 2nd monitor after connect to it with remote-viewer for several times
• BZ - 876445 - Title bar of second form becomes invisible when connect to a RHEL guest with 2nd monitor through remote-viewer.
• BZ - 882133 - remote-viewer manual and help don't mention the new added GUI tool
• BZ - 882134 - Recent connections cannot remember the spice connect in remote-viewer GUI tool
• BZ - 885106 - The "Enter" key could not be used after user input the URL address in remote-viewer GUI tool
• BZ - 886570 - All "windows" have the same resolution in fullscreen
• BZ - 888629 - Remote-viewer cannot extend 4 displays to 4 physical monitors while connecting to a guest on RHEVM
• BZ - 890297 - libvirtd.log will get an I/O error when close a virt-viewer guest terminal
• BZ - 908057 - Cannot change resolution when View -> Automatically resize in RV is off
• BZ - 908408 - full-screen=auto-conf -- setting resolution in a loop
• BZ - 913601 - Send keys menu offset in fullscreen (multi head)
• BZ - 924577 - Mouse clicking doesn't work on Save Screenshot dialog after open it by Alt+S+P.
• BZ - 958966 - Can not disable display through Windows screen resolution utility.
• BZ - 961455 - Rebase virt-viewer against 0.5.6
• BZ - 980344 - virt-viewer should require gtk2 >= 2.20
• BZ - 980846 - Duplicate use of parameter -h in virt-viewer/remote-viewer manual
• BZ - 982840 - virt-viewer can't connect guest display console if only SPICE TLS autoport specified
• BZ - 990883 - No error messages show when input wrong spice password
• BZ - 1007205 - Guest can always get CAD combination key through RHEVM user portal

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/virt-viewer.html#RHBA-2013-1578

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 5595434c024f8f3e18076f56186fae38d6f410db8840c0423413e6c00ea200dd
x86_64
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7d8a1b431ca3b6e3a8025093b1d0bee5362b12bd64d68016bc1d701d6c3b2196
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a7a06bc43c8469816624f8143eaf8896df471147ee95b0fdd49460223a0a321b
i386
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 143b9a28b7fc8a71bb49abc695453f9807264c16e4a9d8602ea42d179135ad7f
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 498cd77b180f0d2f6e4ad9be870329ead0315bb1c78bfb719a216827ea176c3f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 5595434c024f8f3e18076f56186fae38d6f410db8840c0423413e6c00ea200dd
x86_64
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7d8a1b431ca3b6e3a8025093b1d0bee5362b12bd64d68016bc1d701d6c3b2196
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a7a06bc43c8469816624f8143eaf8896df471147ee95b0fdd49460223a0a321b
i386
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 143b9a28b7fc8a71bb49abc695453f9807264c16e4a9d8602ea42d179135ad7f
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 498cd77b180f0d2f6e4ad9be870329ead0315bb1c78bfb719a216827ea176c3f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 5595434c024f8f3e18076f56186fae38d6f410db8840c0423413e6c00ea200dd
x86_64
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7d8a1b431ca3b6e3a8025093b1d0bee5362b12bd64d68016bc1d701d6c3b2196
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a7a06bc43c8469816624f8143eaf8896df471147ee95b0fdd49460223a0a321b
i386
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 143b9a28b7fc8a71bb49abc695453f9807264c16e4a9d8602ea42d179135ad7f
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 498cd77b180f0d2f6e4ad9be870329ead0315bb1c78bfb719a216827ea176c3f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 5595434c024f8f3e18076f56186fae38d6f410db8840c0423413e6c00ea200dd
s390x
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 624949d8ceffbf4ee861f220fa26a86ea67219df59d2227856757dc575419263
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: d4599938d360a965b9f938bbd3be26bbec39c441b6f70f0184ea951a945c1eac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 5595434c024f8f3e18076f56186fae38d6f410db8840c0423413e6c00ea200dd
ppc64
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 7919dbb82950221dcefea95c42e2d971529e3341ad64ed6c541d7389041c5ce9
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: b54c3c604a90078a6fcfac4f30a48a9c9e4ada1afb6892104550deb9f2be756c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 5595434c024f8f3e18076f56186fae38d6f410db8840c0423413e6c00ea200dd
x86_64
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7d8a1b431ca3b6e3a8025093b1d0bee5362b12bd64d68016bc1d701d6c3b2196
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a7a06bc43c8469816624f8143eaf8896df471147ee95b0fdd49460223a0a321b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 5595434c024f8f3e18076f56186fae38d6f410db8840c0423413e6c00ea200dd
x86_64
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7d8a1b431ca3b6e3a8025093b1d0bee5362b12bd64d68016bc1d701d6c3b2196
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a7a06bc43c8469816624f8143eaf8896df471147ee95b0fdd49460223a0a321b
i386
virt-viewer-0.5.6-8.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 143b9a28b7fc8a71bb49abc695453f9807264c16e4a9d8602ea42d179135ad7f
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.6-8.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 498cd77b180f0d2f6e4ad9be870329ead0315bb1c78bfb719a216827ea176c3f