FS#79716 - [qemu] please --enable-gtk-clipboard

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Edmund Raile (IOfwq) - Sunday, 17 September 2023, 08:23 GMT
Last edited by Buggy McBugFace (bugbot) - Saturday, 25 November 2023, 20:26 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Anatol Pomozov (anatolik)
David Runge (dvzrv)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

I'd like to request enabling the [qemu-ui-gtk](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/qemu-ui-gtk/) clipboard, it is very useful to users of [Intel GVT-g](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Intel_GVT-g) as the GTK display is by far the highest performance display method available.
Lahwaacz asked me to request this here, likely so he can remove the [QEMU section on custom builds](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMU#Custom_build) I wrote and the [hint that using qemu-vdagent with the GTK display requires a custom build](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMU#qemu-vdagent).

The functionality is still "experimental", I did not expect it to be integrated in the repository package, hence what I wrote on the wiki.
For reference, the upstream discussion: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1455
From my testing, the feature works splendid, but what do I know.

Besides, I didn't expect guidance on creating custom QEMU builds (took me a while to figure out) to be a bad thing to be wiped from the wiki as it took me a while to figure out.
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Closed by  Buggy McBugFace (bugbot)
Saturday, 25 November 2023, 20:26 GMT
Reason for closing:  Moved
Additional comments about closing:  https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/p ackaging/packages/qemu/issues/1
Comment by Edmund Raile (IOfwq) - Sunday, 17 September 2023, 08:32 GMT
sorry, I forgot to put the package name in []. If there was an edit button I'd use it right now.
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Sunday, 17 September 2023, 21:20 GMT
Upstream made it optional because it was hanging guests [1], therefore I vote against. It seems the original author of the feature was not able/didn't have the time to try and fix it. A better course of action would be to try and convince upstream that the feature works and doesn't cause guest hangs.

[1] https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1150
Comment by David Runge (dvzrv) - Monday, 18 September 2023, 15:20 GMT
I think I'd also rather see upstream properly fix this and make it the default then...
Comment by Edmund Raile (IOfwq) - Sunday, 24 September 2023, 08:51 GMT
I've proposed a fix upstream (see the issue you linked to), maybe the `--enable-gtk-clipboard` ban can be reverted if testing goes well

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