QEMU-KVM unable to use Spice

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When I switch my Win 7 VM to use Spice I get the error:
error starting daemon: unsupported configuration: spicevmc not supported in this QEMU binary

Has anyone found a solution to this?

The reason I am trying to use Spice is because I want to get audio playback & recording working from within a VM which I understand does not work over VNC.

Thanks,
Nick

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So no one else here using Spice drivers on openSUSE then?

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Update to the version from the Virtualization repository. It has spice support.

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Thanks RedDwarf,

Tried that but didn’t quite go as expected, now get error: No module named spiceclientgtk.

I added what I guess was the Virtualization repo: /repositories/virtualization/openSUSE.12.1/ to my repositories but none of the applications from that seemed to be visible in Software manager. I therefore installed the following RPM’s manually:
Kvm- 1.1.1-141.1.x86_64
Libspice-server1
Vm-install.0.6.3-119.1
Virt-viewer-0.5.2-44.1
Virt-manager-0.9.1-99.1
Spice-client-0.10.1-38.1
Qemu-1.0.0-65.5
Hyper-v-3.5.1

Any idea what to try next,
Nick

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From what I have read ‘No module named spiceclientgtk’ is caused by a missing dependency to python-spice-client-gtk. Question is where do I get that from it’s not in Software manager and not in virtualization repo.

Nick

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Last time I checked nobody had packaged it. virt-viewer could not use spice, but you could always use the spice client manually outside of virt-viewer.

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How do I do that?

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spicec --host localhost --port 5900

You can specify the port or look which one is select automatically in the details window. But it’s usually 5900…

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FWIW I fixed this for Factory/12.2. If it’s really important for you you could open a bug report asking for spice-gtk to be built for 12.1.

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That works, thanks RedDwarf.

Unfortunately still no Microphone recording device present in my Win 7 Professional, just line-in.

Nick