Control: tag -1 + confirmed 16.08.2012 22:30, Romain Francoise wrote: > Package: vgabios > Version: 0.7a-3 > Severity: normal > > Windows 8 in KVM using the 'std' vga driver doesn't offer any resolution > other than 1024x768, unlike Windows 7 which supports larger resolutions up > to 2560x1600. > > Applying the following patch to vgabios fixes the issue for me: > > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-05/msg00260.html > > (However, the patch may not be suitable for inclusion, I didn't test the > effects it has on other guests.)
Hello. Yesterday I uploaded a new version of qemu to unstable (1.7.0+dfsg-2) which switched from bochs vgabios to "seavgabios", -- vga bios implementation which is part of seabios package. With this change, windows8 guest can change resolutions with -vga std just fine. Seavgabios is missing some popular resolutions (such as 1920x1024), which hopefully will be fixed in the next seabios update, but it is anyway much better than what we currently have with vgabios. If this change will not have really bad effects (and I really hope it wont), vgabios will not be used with qemu anymore. That's JFYI, I'm not saying there's no bug in vgabios (and adding `confirmed' tag while at it). Besides, there's one prob with the patch you pointed to. It is a part of a larger patchset, all of which should be applied, not just one change (because this one change is based on previous changes). However, vgabios in xen is, for some reason, quite a bit different from what we have in debian, so this patchset does not apply and needs some tweaking. But I don't know enough of vgabios internals to be able to tweak it easily. Thanks, /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
