virt-viewer bug fix and enhancement update

Advisory:	RHBA-2013:0361-1
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2013-02-20
Last updated on:	2013-02-20
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)

Details

Updated virt-viewer packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The virt-viewer packages provide Virtual Machine Viewer, which is a lightweight
interface for interacting with the graphical display of a virtualized guest.
Virtual Machine Viewer uses libvirt and is intended as a replacement for
traditional VNC or SPICE clients.

These updated virt-viewer packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are
directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/virt-viewer.html

All users of virt-viewer are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)

SRPMS:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 168c62653a9a5186ea32223d51d8e695 SHA-256: 535abfe83cf82f16f0a1a503315cccafa9e052e7d17afc077b634fef2861b8cc`

IA-32:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 195c7d4aae0560f80cb9c9fd4ca79d95 SHA-256: 76a457195dff2114161c95544dceeb70ff24b3ede108b9915abdde2d3a4593e2`
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.2-18.el6.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: dac73642b1c03648d8255324d8179bd4 SHA-256: 9b058a36f314e4727123ea7a0e21079e50cdf89cd73ec685c9566bcf4e0b237c`

x86_64:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: c4b3539713d572232a3c9bff91936a06 SHA-256: 0182c722fb201b7907efbb9973324432756523597ef8699eda087b4814a878bd`
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.2-18.el6.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 033f4edd397c63f4f6f5af3c3f382761 SHA-256: 01f8137a466bd78811a5fe3770f18b80d9dc9ab6b92af549e67463eba16352c4`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)

SRPMS:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 168c62653a9a5186ea32223d51d8e695 SHA-256: 535abfe83cf82f16f0a1a503315cccafa9e052e7d17afc077b634fef2861b8cc`

x86_64:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: c4b3539713d572232a3c9bff91936a06 SHA-256: 0182c722fb201b7907efbb9973324432756523597ef8699eda087b4814a878bd`
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.2-18.el6.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 033f4edd397c63f4f6f5af3c3f382761 SHA-256: 01f8137a466bd78811a5fe3770f18b80d9dc9ab6b92af549e67463eba16352c4`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)

SRPMS:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 168c62653a9a5186ea32223d51d8e695 SHA-256: 535abfe83cf82f16f0a1a503315cccafa9e052e7d17afc077b634fef2861b8cc`

IA-32:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 195c7d4aae0560f80cb9c9fd4ca79d95 SHA-256: 76a457195dff2114161c95544dceeb70ff24b3ede108b9915abdde2d3a4593e2`
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.2-18.el6.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: dac73642b1c03648d8255324d8179bd4 SHA-256: 9b058a36f314e4727123ea7a0e21079e50cdf89cd73ec685c9566bcf4e0b237c`

PPC:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 916aacb346cff5205bc83ca6c5e3cb04 SHA-256: d8e054bb4162aca53c5b0563a1f3b485df09bfc1148c799d7faf396df4ad74a3`
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.2-18.el6.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: e8a7569b6807e985ef18294636764f35 SHA-256: 0809cacb51a70ffb036af0db89a3a6248815b99cadef76f5f257ef88b1b0c637`

s390x:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 7fffbaad72fc31dba469ee5f0b75c219 SHA-256: 140822ecbeac4cdb14c6b3f7e2673b510d419abcbe8e41652209706f45273a31`
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.2-18.el6.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: cebc262caa4f56439e276bfe930cc80c SHA-256: ca9bcc49f151d0b13ca084961d28ee813354423534d015f453de13004c341e65`

x86_64:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: c4b3539713d572232a3c9bff91936a06 SHA-256: 0182c722fb201b7907efbb9973324432756523597ef8699eda087b4814a878bd`
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.2-18.el6.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 033f4edd397c63f4f6f5af3c3f382761 SHA-256: 01f8137a466bd78811a5fe3770f18b80d9dc9ab6b92af549e67463eba16352c4`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)

SRPMS:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 168c62653a9a5186ea32223d51d8e695 SHA-256: 535abfe83cf82f16f0a1a503315cccafa9e052e7d17afc077b634fef2861b8cc`

IA-32:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 195c7d4aae0560f80cb9c9fd4ca79d95 SHA-256: 76a457195dff2114161c95544dceeb70ff24b3ede108b9915abdde2d3a4593e2`
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.2-18.el6.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: dac73642b1c03648d8255324d8179bd4 SHA-256: 9b058a36f314e4727123ea7a0e21079e50cdf89cd73ec685c9566bcf4e0b237c`

x86_64:
virt-viewer-0.5.2-18.el6.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: c4b3539713d572232a3c9bff91936a06 SHA-256: 0182c722fb201b7907efbb9973324432756523597ef8699eda087b4814a878bd`
virt-viewer-debuginfo-0.5.2-18.el6.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2013:0684	`MD5: 033f4edd397c63f4f6f5af3c3f382761 SHA-256: 01f8137a466bd78811a5fe3770f18b80d9dc9ab6b92af549e67463eba16352c4`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

822794 - There is no return at the end of line of virt-viewer's verbose information.
828339 - virt-viewer add --title option to remote-viewer/virt-viewer
832121 - Treat ::0 as a wildcard address
842305 - RFE: virt-viewer: support spice dynamic monitor via monitors-config
854318 - Rebuild virt-viewer
856610 - [remote-viewer] Enabling auto resize results in wrong resolution
856678 - [remote-viever] Zooming in beyond normal size with vdagent on guest is broken
860669 - Keyboard: AltGr+V does not work with some non-us keyboard layout
867248 - virt-viewer crashed when connect to a spice guest with incorrect graphic password.
867459 - remote-viewer crash (segfault) in main() right after start from the XPI plugin
875126 - "Take screenshot" dialog should add .png to the saved file name and ignore all common image extensions typed

References

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/virt-viewer.html

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