On Nov 21, 2007 11:41 AM, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Francesc Romà i Frigolé wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Sorry if the post is off-topic, but the qemu users forum has been down
> > for several days.
> >
> > Is it possible to use a wide screen resolution of 1680x1050 with kvm?
> > the guest OS is windows XP. I'm using the qemu parameter -std-vga, and
> > I can use resolutions up to 1600x1200, but the 1680x1050 is missing.
> >
> > Please respond to me directly as I'm not subscribed to the mailing list.
>
> The vmware VGA display supports multiple resolutions, and is supported
> in qemu, but I haven't tested it under kvm.
>
>
Thanks avi.
I couldn't manage to get it working, but I got a bit further disabling kvm
support in qemu.
These are the steps I followed, just in case somebody else wants to try:
kvm53 makes windows XP crash with the -vmwarevga parameter. I get a black
screen followed by a blue screen with an error. Something about an infinite
loop in the "framebuf" driver.
However, windows runs normally when using the kvn53 version of qemu without
kvm support and the -vmwarevga parameter.
Windows XP didn't recognize the vmware VGA driver and it's using it as a
standard vga device (which doesn't support wide screen resolutions).
I then tried to install the windows drivers for the vmware SVGA II device.
VMware provides this driver free of charge as discussed here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-84275.html
So, I downloaded the windows.iso file from here:
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/esx2-16515update.html
The setup program won't run since it doesn't detect vmware, but the driver
can be installed like this:
>From the windows xp guest OS, go to the control panel, system, hardware,
device manager, select the vga driver and click the install new driver
button.
Then windows finds the drivers for the VMWare SVGA II device, and hungs,
with the generic message: "a problem has been detected and windows has been
shut down to prevent damage to your computer"
regards,
Francesc
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