Re: Userquestion - remote-viewer connection fails with "Connection type could not be determined by URI"

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Il giorno ven 18 nov 2022 alle ore 06:08 Stefan Silberstein
<linuxstony@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
>
> Hi Frediano, Hi List,
>
> after I was able to start the virtual machine with the GUI I tried your command
>
> LANG=C remote-viewer spice://192.168.178.51:5900
>
> and it started right up into the virtual machine.
>
> HOWEVER
>
> even
>
> remote-viewer spice://192.168.178.51:5900
>
> now opens the virtual machine - without problems. (Yeah - i am stunned myself)
>
> I slept over it then tried again today - thinking it never worked again the day after...
>
> Result is that I am able to open up the VM just fine....
>
> This is the worst - something works without changing anything so I have no chance of knowing what the problem is/was in the first place
>
> At a loss for words,
>
> Stefan
>

Well, problem solved :-)

I would check with a command like "history | grep spice | hexdump -C"
(you can post the output) for some weird input. The errors you
reported are basically (or at least they should) parsing errors for
the URI you passed.

Frediano



> Am Do., 17. Nov. 2022 um 10:30 Uhr schrieb Stefan Silberstein <linuxstony@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Some details:
>> Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04
>> KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.6
>> KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0
>> Qt Version: 5.15.3
>> Kernel Version: 5.15.0-53-generic (64-bit)
>> Graphics Platform: X11
>> Processors: 8 × AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor
>> Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
>> Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
>>
>> Opening a Konsole "bash":
>>
>> Konsole
>> Version 21.12.3
>>
>>
>> Locale:
>>
>> stony@Aperture-Science:~$ locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ALL=
>>
>> I will try to open it today at noon - during my lunch break.
>> (ATM I am glad it works because i gotta work from home and this windows-machine is the only way to connect to the Server in my company for me)
>>
>> I will get back to you in approximately two hours.
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>> Am Do., 17. Nov. 2022 um 10:18 Uhr schrieb Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> Il giorno gio 17 nov 2022 alle ore 09:13 Stefan Silberstein
>>> <linuxstony@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > no this is the normal forward-slash with "shift+7" on the german keyboard - googlemail messed it up translating it to something else.
>>> > The URL  is normally typed.
>>> >
>>> > This is really weird and I will try to help you as much as I can to get to the bottom of it.
>>> >
>>> > Stefan
>>> >
>>>
>>> That's pretty weird. That code has been there for ages. I tried but no
>>> problems for me.
>>> This operating system and version are you using?
>>> Which shell?
>>> Maybe it's the locale? Try launching something like "LANG=C
>>> remote-viewer spice://192.168.178.51:5900" (LANG environment change)
>>>
>>> Frediano
>>>
>>> > Am Do., 17. Nov. 2022 um 10:08 Uhr schrieb Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> >>
>>> >> Il giorno gio 17 nov 2022 alle ore 07:57 Stefan Silberstein
>>> >> <linuxstony@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Hello again,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > so - yesterday I worked from home - as I wrote I was able to connect by specifying the user root with "remote-viewer spice://root@192.168.178.51:5900"
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Today I want to connect the exact same way (yesterday i simply closed the remote-viewer window and the server keept on running so the windows-VM was running the whole night) - and I can not connect.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Error Message on the console  "** (remote-viewer:6146): CRITICAL **: 07:55:52.853: virt_viewer_util_extract_host: assertion 'uri != NULL' failed"
>>> >> > Error Message on the popup says translated: Connectiontype could not be determined by URI.
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>    That means that the code was not able to parse the URI.
>>> >>
>>> >> > IP of the server itself is 192.168.178.51
>>> >> > IP of the Virtual Machine is 192.168.178.64 and i pingable
>>> >> > Port 5900 on the server is open: 5900/tcp open  vnc
>>> >> > remote-viewer --spice-debug spice:⁄⁄192.168.178.51:5900 does not produce a more verbose output :(
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> In this example you are not using ASCII slashes (//), maybe that's the problem.
>>> >>
>>> >> > Update in the meantime
>>> >> > But maybe this is helpful to you:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I simply started "remote-viewer --spice-debug"
>>> >> > Then i got the GUI (which i wasnt even aware it existed).
>>> >> >
>>> >> > When I choose the same entry on that list - I AM able to connect.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > So the error only exists only when I try to connect via command line?! (This is when I am able to connect tomorrow via GUI ;) )
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Shouldn't this be the same ?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I mabe I can help - maybe this is indeed a bug?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Stefan
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Frediano
>>> >>
>>> >> > Am Mi., 16. Nov. 2022 um 09:37 Uhr schrieb Victor Toso <victortoso@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 09:27:21AM +0100, Stefan Silberstein wrote:
>>> >> >> > I appreciate the time to answer me.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > In the meantime (out of desperation because i needed the virtualmachine for
>>> >> >> > work) I gave it a go with specifying root as user and not the servers
>>> >> >> > username "server".
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > I was able to connect to the virtual Windows10 installation with
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > remote-viewer spice://root@192.168.178.51:5900
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Cool
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> > But again - then I dont unterstand why it worked as user and
>>> >> >> > later on with specifying the user later on (which doesn't work
>>> >> >> > right now anymore)
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > So it is a permissions problem on my side and I successfully
>>> >> >> > wasted your time. :/
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Sorry about that.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Don't worry about that. Happy to hear it worked.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > This happens when "users" try to play with the big boys toys :D
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Have a nice day you all and thanks for your time.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> You too.
>>> >> >> Cheers,
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Stefan
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Am Mi., 16. Nov. 2022 um 09:21 Uhr schrieb Victor Toso <
>>> >> >> > victortoso@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > > Hi Stefan,
>>> >> >> > >
>>> >> >> > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 09:53:05PM +0100, Stefan Silberstein wrote:
>>> >> >> > > > Hello developers,
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > I can imagine that this will be an annoying question for you -
>>> >> >> > > > so I apologize in advance.
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > I am a user - with a longer history with linux BUT i am
>>> >> >> > > > completely new to virtualization.
>>> >> >> > > > Due to the fact that I got a server donated to me I wanted to
>>> >> >> > > > give it a go and it worked like a charm.
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > Installed virt-manager, installed Windows10  connected with
>>> >> >> > > > virt-manager - absolutely no problem.
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > Due to the fact that I need dual monitors I learned that I
>>> >> >> > > > could add another display and connect with spice - and it
>>> >> >> > > > worked immediately.
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > BUT - without me changing anything (consciously) I wasn't able
>>> >> >> > > > to connect to the virtual machine the next week.
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > It refuses with "Verbindungstyp konnte nicht von URI ermittelt werden"
>>> >> >> > > > (Connection type could not be determined by URI)
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > Then i tried to connect with sudo and specifying the user in
>>> >> >> > > > the command line and it once again connected:
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > sudo remote-viewer  spice:⁄⁄server@192.168.178.51:5900
>>> >> >> > >
>>> >> >> > > Perhaps the URL is the problem. If the IP is 192.168.178.51 and
>>> >> >> > > the port for the VM is 5900, then try
>>> >> >> > >
>>> >> >> > >     remote-viewer spice://192.168.178.51:5900
>>> >> >> > >
>>> >> >> > > If server is a dns that can be resolved, should be fine to use it
>>> >> >> > > instead of ip address
>>> >> >> > >
>>> >> >> > >     remote-viewer spice://server:5900
>>> >> >> > >
>>> >> >> > >
>>> >> >> > > > And now - again without changing anything - it doesn't connect
>>> >> >> > > > with that command as well.
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > I have sadly NO clue whatsoever where to even search for a
>>> >> >> > > > solution - the internet didn't help me here...
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > Do you have any hint at all what I might do wrong here?
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > The machine is available - the port is open and visible
>>> >> >> > > > PORT     STATE SERVICE
>>> >> >> > > > 22/tcp   open  ssh
>>> >> >> > > > 80/tcp   open  http
>>> >> >> > > > 3389/tcp open  ms-wbt-server
>>> >> >> > > > 5900/tcp open  vnc
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > ufw on the server is shut down.
>>> >> >> > > >
>>> >> >> > > > ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
>>> >> >> > >
>>> >> >> > > You can get more verbose information of issues with --spice-debug
>>> >> >> > > command line option too.
>>> >> >> > >
>>> >> >> > > Cheers,
>>> >> >> > > Victor
>>> >> >> > >




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