Does obmc-ikvm work with bmcweb?

[Eddie James]

On 3/21/19 10:34 PM, Lei YU wrote:
>> Are you using a web browser from Windows OS? It seems that there is an
>> issue of Windows websockify/novnc. Use a browser from OS other than
>> Windows til the issue is resolved.
> It's Ubuntu 18.04's Firefox and Chrome.
>
>> Did you test it using Tight VNC viewer after enabling external
>> connection? The reason why I suggested that is to identify whether
>> this issue comes from KVM web proxy or from KVM server.
> Yes, TightVNC behaves the same as the KVM in browser.
>
>> Need more information of your test environment.
>> Server platform:
>> BMC SoC:
>> Host OS:
> Server platform: OpenPOWER Romulus
> BMC SoC: AST2500 with OpenBMC master + patches needed for KVM
> Host OS: Ubuntu 18.04 server
>
> There is an update from my testing:
> 1. If the host is in Peitiboot (this is an OpenPOWER's thing), or in OS
>     without X, KVM sometimes works, sometimes does not work, as the log shown
>     above;

I have seen this too; I think it's a VGA or VGA driver problem more than 
KVM. Not sure we will be able to find a fix.

Thanks,

Eddie

> 2. If the host is in OS with X (e.g. lightdm), then KVM always works well.
>