Re: gnome-boxes-3.16.2 does not echo/execute console commands

["Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak gnome org>]

Hi John,

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 7:40 AM, John Frankish <john frankish outlook com> wrote:
> Using gnome-boxes-3.16.2 with qemu-2.4.1
>
> If I start an iso that boots to the console command prompt, boxes does not
> echo/execute any commands entered.
>
> If I enter a command (blind) and then use the "<" button at the top left of
> the boxes window to go to the thumbnail vm screen, select the same vm and go
> back to it, then the console command has been echoed and executed.
>
> If I enter "startx" in the console screen and switch to the thumbnail view
> and back again to get a gui, then commands and mouse clicks work as
> expected.
>
> Any idea as to why console commands are not echoed/executed?

All I can guess is that somehow your SPICE display is not getting
updated and only updates to latest frame on first connection. Random
guess to the cause: You didn't compile Qemu and/or spice with the
right parameters (check how Fedora's package configures it). I'm not
sure that it's likely but to be sure I'd also check the firewall
rules.

-- 
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)