----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lindsay Mathieson" <lindsay.mathieson@xxxxxxxxx> > To: spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:48:44 AM > Subject: Re: guest agent windows binaries > > On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:16:04 AM Christophe Fergeau wrote: > > http://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/vdagent/vdagent-win-0.7.2/mingw3 > > 2-spice-vdagent-0.7.2-1.fc19.noarch.rpm and > > http://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/vdagent/vdagent-win-0.7.2/mingw6 > > 4-spice-vdagent-0.7.2-1.fc19.noarch.rpm contain the binaries: > > > > $ rpm -qpl ./mingw64-spice-vdagent-0.7.2-1.fc19.noarch.rpm > > /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/vdagent.exe > > /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/vdservice.exe > > Why pack windows binaries in a rpm that can't be unpacked on windows? RPM is still a file archive :) All you would need is just good file archiver (for example open sourced 7-zip for Windows). > Thanks, but I'll try replicating the binaries and service entries from a win > 7 > installation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also - could someone *please* clarify the current and future status of > > > windows 8/2012 drivers and guest tools? its extremely confusing trying > > > to track down this information. > > > > No QXL driver, the virtio-win drivers (located at > > https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/ ) seem > > to have win8 versions > > Couldn't get them to install myself. > > > , and the agent should be working as well on win8. > > I've never tried these though. > > I believe I have been labouring under the misapprehension that the qxl driver > was necessary for the vdagent and all its goodies (display resizing, hot keys > etc) to work, but that is not the case? > > It will need the virtio driver though won't it? > > I'll rebundle vdagent for win8/2012 and see how it goes. > > Thanks, > > -- > Lindsay > _______________________________________________ > Spice-devel mailing list > Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel > _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel