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  • virt-viewer crashes with latest package (5.0-7.el7)

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    I just installed the latest virt-viewer from yum repository but module is not executed properly.

    =================================================================================================================================================
     Package                           Arch                         Version                           Repository                                Size
    =================================================================================================================================================
    Installing:
     virt-viewer                       x86_64                       5.0-7.el7                         rhel-7-server-rpms                       389 k
    Updating for dependencies:
     spice-glib                        x86_64                       0.33-6.el7                        rhel-7-server-rpms                       376 k
     spice-gtk3                        x86_64                       0.33-6.el7                        rhel-7-server-rpms                        83 k
    

    As a result , virt-viewer does not start up properly.

    [root@host ~]# virt-viewer -h
    virt-viewer: symbol lookup error: /lib64/libspice-client-gtk-3.0.so.5: undefined symbol: gdk_keymap_get_scroll_lock_state
    

    However, packages from rhel-server-7.3-x86_64-dvd.iso works properly.

     spice-glib                                 x86_64                        0.31-6.el7                            dvd                        361 k
     spice-gtk3                                 x86_64                        0.31-6.el7                            dvd                         54 k
     virt-viewer                           x86_64                           2.0-12.el7                           dvd                           344 k
    

    virt-viwer command is below.

    [root@host ~]# virt-viewer --version
    virt-viewer version 2.0-12.el7
    

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