[pve-devel] Proxmox compatible Android client (Opaque) available for beta testing

[i iordanov]

Hello again,

Whoever is currently an Opaque beta-tester, please update to v1.1.6, and
you should be able to connect to your Proxmox managed VMs from your Android
device easily. The way it works for me on my Nexus 4 (Android 4.4) with
both Firefox and Chrome is that when I obtain the vv/console file, it gets
downloaded and saved. I quickly swipe my notifications down and tap the
file and Opaque opens automatically and connects to the VM. I had to open
the file very quickly or else it would expire.

Settings that are changeable while connected (like input mode) are saved
for next time in the default connection settings. However, no permanent
connection gets saved in Opaque (as it can be for oVirt connections),
because saving a connection for a console/vv file is meaningless.

For the moment, since audio playback is off by default and the option is as
yet not toggle-able during a connection, sound is not enabled for
connections established via a console/vv file. I have to think about how
I'll deal with this, but the easiest way would be to expose the setting
while connected and ask the user to reconnect to enable sound, since I am
not sure how to open and close the SPICE sound channel on the fly at the
moment.

Please let us know your experience here or on the Opaque Beta Test
community page. I would also like to renew my invitation for new beta
testers. Your input is highly appreciated.

Thanks!
iordan



On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Dietmar Maurer <dietmar at proxmox.com> wrote:

> > I got remote-viewer to work by opening the file much more quickly. It
> seems like
> > the expiration period is 10 seconds or shorter!
>
> from current code:
>
>         # use very limited lifetime - is this enough?
>         return undef if !(($age > -20) && ($age < 40));
>
> maybe system time is not correct?
>
> > I think I'm set up for debugging. If you can figure out why both Firefox
> and
> > Chrome on Android now download the file with a .vv extension that would
> be
> > nice. Did somebody at Proxmox make the change in pvetest?
>
> no changes today.
>
>


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