Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHEA-2011:0576 - new package: spice-vdagent

Synopsis

new package: spice-vdagent

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

A new spice-vdagent package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The new spice-vdagent package provides a SPICE agent for Linux guests.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • The new spice-vdagent package allows for client window mode, automatic X session resolution adjustment to the client resolution, and copy and paste support for text and images between a guest's active X session and the SPICE client operating system. (BZ#658464)

  • guest resolutions were not automatically aligned when multiple monitors were used. This update corrects the monitor settings. Now, the vdagent automatically aligns the guest resolution for one and more monitors. (BZ#680227)

All SPICE virtual machines users should install this new package, which adds these features. Note: guests must be rebooted after installing this package for the changes to take effect.

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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.6.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • spice-vdagent-debuginfo-0.6.3-8.el6.i686.rpm
  • spice-vdagent-0.6.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • spice-vdagent-0.6.3-8.el6.src.rpm
  • spice-vdagent-0.6.3-8.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information