@David mainly since it is already available without needing additional configuration to the guest VM. And if I need to run something on the VM in an isolated environment, there would be no way to RDP or X into the VM, since there would be no routable paths to the VM.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 5:26 AM, David Finster < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Eric > > Is there any reason that you need the VNC console to have variable > resolutions when the same can (and probably should be) achieved through > Remote Desktop/x2go for the respective machines (since those methods can > support auth). > > The VNC console is largely an administrative facility. > > - Dave > > On 28 Jun 2015, at 7:10 PM, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > > @Jorge Could you let me know how, or what, you did to get 1280x1024x16? > > I clearly seem to be doing something wrong here. I have SmartOS running > inside vmplayer. My available resolutions for Linux and Windows are, > 800x600 and 1024x768, respectively. And are locked in, meaning it's either > the only available resolution or the option to change the resolution is > greyed out. > > As for the default's that I'm using, this is the Linux and Windows VM spec > that I'm using: > > { > "alias": "win10", > "brand": "kvm", > "vcpus": 1, > "autoboot": false, > "ram": 2048, > "resolvers": ["8.8.8.8", "8.8.4.4"], > "disks": [ > { > "boot": true, > "model": "virtio", > "size": 40960 > } > ], > "nics": [ > { > "nic_tag": "admin", > "model": "virtio", > "ip": "dhcp", > "primary": 1 > } > ] > } > > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 4:11 AM, Jorge Schrauwen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> By default '-vga std' is used by qemu, if I am not mistaken the max >> resolution is 1280x1024x16. (could be wrong) >> >> You can use qemu_opts (make sure to also include the current default >> values, check man vmadm) and set it to '-vga vmware' this needs the >> vmware drive in windows and the vmware xorg driver on linux. >> >> Personally I never really bother with changing it and I have set >> vnc_port=-1 on my windows vm after it was installed. >> >> I access mine using remote desktop and it works great, like wise I had >> good results using x2go on linux vm's, did not have success with the >> later on lx-branded zones though. >> >> Regards >> >> Jorge >> >> On 2015-06-28 10:05, Eric wrote: >> >> I've been using SmartOS for a few months now to host Linux servers, but >>> now I want to start using it for desktop versions of Linux and Windows. >>> >>> I've been able to run Linux and Windows, but I haven't been able to >>> change the resolution for the VMs. >>> >>> Has anyone else found a way to run VMs at variable resolution settings? >>> >>> Screenshot of Ubuntu 15.04 >>> >>> Screenshot of Windows 10 64bit >>> >>> SMARTOS-DISCUSS | Archives [1] [2] | Modify [3] Your Subscription >>> [4] >>> >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now >> [2] https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26452851-88b650c7 >> [3] https://www.listbox.com/member/?& >> [4] http://www.listbox.com > > > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25738179-216c4b5f> | > Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com/> > > > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/27088356-7e8b0922> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
