RHBA-2014:0492 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated virt-viewer packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The virt-viewer packages provide Virtual Machine Viewer, which 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. The Simple Protocol for Independent Computing
Environments (SPICE) is a remote display protocol designed for virtual
environments.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the virt-viewer utility did not properly support

automatic configuration of resolution. Consequently, when a virt-viewer console
was launched from the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization user portal with the
"Native Client" invocation method and the "Open in Full Screen" option was
selected, the displays of the guest virtual machine were not always configured
to match the client displays. With this update, auto-configuration of resolution
for full-screen mode has been implemented and virt-viewer now shows a
full-screen guest display for each client monitor. (BZ#1092871)

Users of virt-viewer are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.5 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1092871 - virt-viewer doesn't automatically adjust resolution when opened fullscreen via vv-file

CVEs

(none)

References

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