XML error: ram attribute only supported for type of qxl

[Thomas Mayer]

Reproduce with:

- Configure a VM with spice display and QXL video device, store and eventually run the machine
- Configure back to VNC display and video device other than QXL (e. g. Cirrus model)
- => error appears.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: virt-manager 0.9.5-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt5
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Sep 16 13:14:37 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-29 (291 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: virt-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[zhoujunqin (zhoujunqin-redhat-bugs)]

Description of problem:
virt-manager should remove "vgamem" from guest automatically when change video from "qxl" to "vga"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libvirt-1.2.8-9.el7.x86_64
virt-manager-1.1.0-8.el7.noarch
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.1.2-13.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a guest via virt-manager with qxl video:
...
    <video>
      <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='8192' heads='1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
...

2. Launch virt-manager, change guest video from qxl to vga: Double click guest name-->Show virtual hardware details-->change video from qxl to vga-->Apply

Actual results:
After click "Apply" button, get such error message:

Error changing VM configuration: XML error: vgamem attribute only supported for type of qxl

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/addhardware.py", line 1384, in change_config_helper
    vm.redefine_cached()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/libvirtobject.py", line 222, in redefine_cached
    self._redefine_xml(xml)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/libvirtobject.py", line 247, in _redefine_xml
    return self._redefine_helper(origxml, newxml)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/libvirtobject.py", line 239, in _redefine_helper
    self._define(newxml)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 1041, in _define
    self.conn.define_domain(newxml)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 694, in define_domain
    return self._backend.defineXML(xml)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 3442, in defineXML
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainDefineXML() failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: XML error: vgamem attribute only supported for type of qxl

Expected results:
No such error showing and can change guest video successfully.

Additional info:
1. Can also reproduce this issue when change video from qxl to cirrus.

[Giuseppe (giuseppe-redhat-bugs)]

fix proposed upstream:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2014-December/msg00003.html

[zhoujunqin (zhoujunqin-redhat-bugs)]

Try to verify this bug with new build:
virt-manager-1.1.0-9.el7.noarch

Steps as Comment 0:

1. Install a guest via virt-manager with qxl video:
...
    <video>
      <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='8192' heads='1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
...

2. Launch virt-manager, change guest video from qxl to vga: Double click guest name-->Show virtual hardware details-->change video from qxl to vga-->Apply

Result: video changed to VGA successfully with no error and guest can boot up.

     <video>
- <model type="qxl" ram="65536" vram="65536" vgamem="8192" heads="1"/>
- <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x0"/>
+ <model type="vga"/>
     </video>
     <redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
     </redirdev>

3. Rerun step2 and change video from qxl to cirrus.

     <video>
- <model type="qxl" ram="65536" vram="65536" vgamem="8192" heads="1"/>
- <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x0"/>
+ <model type="cirrus"/>
     </video>

Result: video changed to Cirrus successfully with no error and guest can boot up.

so move this bug from ON_QA to VERIFIED.

[errata-xmlrpc (errata-xmlrpc-redhat-bugs)]

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-0427.html

[Thomas Mayer (thomas303)]

Same bug was resolved in Redhat 7.0 according to

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920549

[Thomas Mayer (thomas303)]

I assume the upstream bugfix was https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/commit/51e5a471202a67e3c9c1dd53c0afc333d77933c9 which was fixed for 1.2.0. Could this be backported, please?

[Thomas Mayer (thomas303)]

That fix was for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169295 which was fixed in Redhat 7.1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920549 is a duplicate of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928882 according to https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2013-June/msg00000.html and was fixed in virt-manager-0.10.0-0.5.gitde1695b2.fc19 via https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/commit/14578fc2c30b4e694db66443e0dca22ba9727c84

Basically that means that 14578fc2c30b4e694db66443e0dca22ba9727c84 and 51e5a471202a67e3c9c1dd53c0afc333d77933c9 should be backported to fix this issue.

[Thomas Mayer (thomas303)]

Use case/Motivation:

Sometimes I boot an existing machine with an ISO-CD like e.g. SystemRescueCD to perform some maintenance tasks (e.g. extend partitions). SystemRescueCD, however, cannot start its x-server in Spice mode ("no screens found").

[Thomas Mayer (thomas303)]

Bug still exists in 14.04 (up-to-date)

[Thomas Mayer (thomas303)]

This ppa solved it for me: https://launchpad.net/~mpanella/+archive/ubuntu/virt-manager