[pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server, manager v6 0/4] fix #1926 autodetect xtermjs or novnc for VM console

[Aaron Lauterer]

sent a v7 
https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20250408122710.1164112-2-a.lauterer@proxmox.com/T/#m54aae8f7595a1478748c2b61180c46d0cf52e38b

On  2025-04-08  12:37, Aaron Lauterer wrote:
> We add a new property in the VM status/current API result that includes
> the display configurtion of the VM. This way we can check in the
> frontend what to do with it.
> 
> I chose a nested return value, as that makes it easier to add/move
> additional display properties into it.
> 
> Patch 1/4 makes two functions in QemuServer.pm public.
> 
> 
> Patch 2/4 adds the new display property. If not explicitly set in the VM
> config, it will return the default 'std' value.
> 
> Patch 3/4 implements the changes in the UI. The final result isn't
> really a lot simpler on the UI side than in V4 where we had the extra
> API call to the VM's config directly. Because we still need to wait for
> the API call to finish when initially navigating to the VM. But we have
> one fewer call.
> 
> Patch 4/4 then introduces some changes to make loading of the console
> faster if we just navigate in the submenu of a VM itself where we
> already have the current status of a VM already cached.
> 
> Changes from v5: implement suggestions:
> 
> * use get_vga_properties for default VGA
> * UI: use helper to determine if serial display
> 
> qemu-server: Aaron Lauterer (2):
>    QemuServer: make get_vga_properties and extract_version public
>    api: status/current: add display property
> 
>   PVE/API2/Qemu.pm  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>   PVE/QemuServer.pm |  4 ++--
>   2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> manager: Aaron Lauterer (2):
>    fix #1926 ui: vm console: autodetect novnc or xtermjs
>    ui: console: check on activate if display info for VMs is present
> 
>   www/manager6/Utils.js       |  4 +++
>   www/manager6/VNCConsole.js  | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   www/manager6/qemu/Config.js |  7 ++++-
>   3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
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