Accessing RHEL desktop over XDMCP shows "Missing virtio device '/dev/virtio-ports/com.redhat.spice.0': No such file or directory" message in logs.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Accessing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VM over XDMCP logs below in messages log file.
spice-vdagent[23796]: Missing virtio device '/dev/virtio-ports/com.redhat.spice.0': No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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