Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1548170] [NEW] qemu-kvm-spice spice server locks up when large user image is set

[Fam Zheng]

On Mon, 02/22 04:06, Christopher Snowhill wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> QEMU emulator version 2.0.0 (Debian 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22), Copyright
> (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
> 
> I have QEMU kvm spice installed, running a Windows 10 1511, freshly
> installed this morning, using VirtIO root volume, Ethernet, and QXL
> graphics through Spice. It successfully installed the latest updates,
> and installed Visual Studio 2010 Professional plus Service Pack 1 and
> updates.
> 
> Upon attempting to configure the following PNG as my account's user
> picture in the Settings control panel applet:
> 
> https://static.kode54.net/pwywcomm_christopher_8bpp.png
> 
> It added successfully, but then I noticed that Windows does not support
> alpha blended user pictures, and it blended it against white, so I
> quickly replaced it with the following:
> 
> https://static.kode54.net/pwywcomm_christopher_blended.png
> 
> Upon assigning that, with the other one still in the previous image
> buttons, Spice locked up completely. The VM was still running, as
> evidenced by a successful Remote Desktop session.
> 
> Do I need to replace my entire Qemu setup with a Git or hand built
> official version to verify that this isn't Ubuntu's fault?

I know next to nothing about graphic in QEMU but yes, it's worth to check the
lastest release (2.5) or even better the current git master.

Fam