Spice server bug affecting Win10 VMs

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kokoticek

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Some weeks ago there was a commitment at Spice upstream aiming to fix a bug in spice-server package. Seemingly this is the bug responsible of the issue I have been having since half a year ago:
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/windows-10-vm-slow-performance.42083/

Links to details:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/commit/ca4984570f425e87e92abe5f62f9687bb55c1e14
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/tags/v0.14.1
https://spice-space.org/download/releases/spice-server/

I see spice-server version on current Proxmox is 0.12.8, so I guess Proxmox follows a "backporting" policy just like all other "stable" distributions.

I'd like to ask, would it be possible to update current Proxmox spice-server package by backporting spice-server 0.14.1 fixes to it, or at least just the aforementioned fix regarding Win10 VMs?

Thanks beforehand.
 
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upgrading our package to 0.14.1 seems simple enough, but needs an additional package we need to provide since the version in debian stretch is too old (libspice-protocol-dev)
and we have to recompile the relevant packages with the new dev package (pve-qemu-kvm, spiceterm)

but yes, we will upgrade it in the near future
 
Sounds hard and even unlikely...

But, if it ever gets fixed, how would it be let known? A sticky in the forum or the main website... ?
 
it will then be released as normal upgrade to the packages,
if you have a subscription, you will get a notification from your host that updates are available
 
If not having a suscription, and if "apt update && apt list --upgradable" returns no spice-related package, it's not done yet, right?

Near future by chance?
 
kokoticek said:
If not having a suscription, and if "apt update && apt list --upgradable" returns no spice-related package, it's not done yet, right?

Near future by chance?
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you can follow the pve-devel mailinglist for details, but as far as I see, devs are working on it.
 
tom said:
you can follow the pve-devel mailinglist for details, but as far as I see, devs are working on it.
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From what I understood from the thread there, there are being serious difficulties with dependency package building...
Perhaps it's not known whether update is even possible in current Proxmox version...

Worse, no one knows if this spice-server release will even actually fix my original issue! I was the one supposed to test, but I cannot build packages...
 
it sometimes takes 2-3 weeks to have such things properly planned and tested, just be patient
 
packages are available.

Code: 
pve-libspice-server (0.14.1-1)

  * upgrade to 0.14.1
  * replace CELT with libopus
 
Sorry for no writing back sooner; I was able to find good time to test...

Finally tested, worked! Seemingly.
Of course still some few flaws remaining, but now more sporadic -some visual effects still with a bit of lag-.
But in general VM turned quite more usable with SPICE now.

Thanks all.
 
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