Bug 300049

Summary:	artifacts on vnc with qemu-kvm
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Jacek <abduleczek>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo QEMU Project <qemu+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	major	CC:	kfm
Priority:	High
Version:	10.1
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg27269.html
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Jacek 2010-01-07 15:18:15 UTC

when I connect to my virtual machines via vnc I get poor screen witch artifacts. very annoying so major severity.
I found this and for me it solves the problem.
http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg27269.html

regards
j

Comment 1 kfm 2010-01-21 06:05:43 UTC

I can can confirm the issue reported by Jacek. The patch he has posted a link for is correct but, in fact, it is only necessary to supply the second hunk. This was confirmed in a response on the same thread:

http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg27289.html

I checked the latest sources in git to be sure that this alone was the accepted fix and indeed it was.

As the issue severely impacts upon the usefulness of qemu-kvm on headless systems, I was going to urge the maintainer(s) to apply the patch in a new revision at the earliest opportunity.

However, as qemu-kvm-0.12.2 has been released (containing the fix), and because filing bugs on qemu here appears to serve about as much purpose as banging one's head against a brick wall, I would suggest instead that qemu-kvm-0.12.2 be keyworded stable.

Comment 2 Jacek 2010-01-22 14:57:17 UTC

yes, qemu-kvm-0.12.2 is fixed.