Robin Atwood wrote: > On Wednesday 21 Feb 2007, Ben Taylor wrote: >> ---- Robin Atwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > This has been driving me mad! I have just installed Solaris 10 under Qemu >> > and specified the Xorg server to be used. I created xorg.conf with >> > xorgconfig and X started fine at 1024x768 using the Cirrus driver. When I >> > edited xorg.conf to specify a 1280x1024 display, the Xorg.0.log file >> > showed "no mode". >> >> You may have to define HorizSync and VertRefresh in the xorg.conf file. >> >> I have a nexenta alpha 6 with updates that just comes up in 1280x800 by >> setting the HorizSync value in the xorg.conf. >> >> > Now, I >> > have both Win XP and Plan 9 running at 1280x1024, so I booted up XP and >> > poked around the "Display/Settings" dialog and determined XP was running >> > the display at 1280x1024 at 43Hz interlaced and 16 bit colour. >> >> So you also need to define DefaultDepth in the xorg.conf file. >> >> > So, using the >> > handy http://xtiming.sourceforge.net site, I generated a mode line like >> > XP's and added it to the xorg.conf file. X refused the interlaced mode so >> > I tried an uninterlaced one at 43Hz. That kind of worked but only >> > rendered half the screen! Everything else I tried got rejected as "bad >> > mode..." >> >> Since the virtual monitor doesn't specify EDID, it is unlikely to be able >> to handle resolutions over the basic ones. I know that a while ago (maybe >> 18 months) I was able to get something like 1156x864 out of the adapter >> with early versions of Solaris express. >> . >> >> > So does someone have a magic modeline or xorg.conf to get Xorg going in a >> > guest at high-res? There's another guy on the Linux-under-Qemu forum with >> > the same problem hosting Ubuntu. I am using qemu 0.9, FWIW. >> >> Probably a combination of HorizSync/VertRefresh in the monitor section, >> DefaultDepth in the Screen section, and a mode line, you might get what >> you want. > > Solved it, and it was so simple! There is a qemu CLI option "-std-vga" which > causes an enhanced Bochs VGA adaptor to be emulated. So, specify that when > you boot, use the VESA driver in xorg.conf and the default 1280x1024 mode now > works. > > From the man page: > -std-vga > Simulate a standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions (default is Cirrus > Logic GD5446 PCI VGA). If your guest OS supports the VESA 2.0 VBE extensions > (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want to use high resolution modes (>= > 1280x1024x16) then you should use this option. > > I think this is a recent update because I recall looking at this option and > deciding it was not what I needed. Or, I am going blind...
I don't know if this has been updated, but I tried it in 0.8.2 and it didn't work at 1280x1024, at least not out of the box. Either it has been improved or I did something wrong. _______________________________________________ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel