To get higherVMware X display resolutions I had to add these to the xorg.conf file inside my virtual machine:
Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 10 - 300 VertRefresh 10 - 200 EndSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection Does that help? Pat --- On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Ross Boylan <r...@biostat.ucsf.edu> wrote: > Could anyone explain to me what the attached log means? > > X 7.5 detects a rich array of BIOS modes, but then runs through a list > of modes and says "no mode of this name". Should it be using something > like "104" or "104 (1024x768)" instead of, e.g., "1024x768"? Then X > tries a less strict probe, and rejects all but a couple of > low-resolution modes with "hsync out of range". I have no xorg.conf > file. > > X is running inside a VM, to which I'm connected via vnc. The VM is > running Debian squeeze (testing). When it starts up, the boot screen > appears to be 640x480. If I launch an X session, I get 800x600. I > would like higher resolutions in both terminal and X mode. > > The host runs qemu-kvm-0.12.2, compiled from source on Debian lenny > (stable), amd64 architecture (Xeon). The VM is also amd64, with > multiple CPU's. > > I don't need to do anything special to get the tablet device recognized, > which is nice improvement over X 7.3 on Debian Lenny. But something is > going wrong with the video. Other bugs on the net suggest that the > virtual display adapter is not advertising its modes properly. > Consistent with that, the DDC does not seem to work; there is a message > "VESA VBE DDC not supported". However, the log lists many video modes; > it appears X is getting the information it needs. > > I have tried various xorg.conf's, but have gotten nowhere--apparently if I > define one section I need to define all the others. The logs don't seem > to have any modelines, ruling out the simple solution given in the FAQ. > > I launch with > sudo vdeq bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -net > nic,vlan=1,macaddr=52:54:a0:16:01:01 \ > -net vde,vlan=1,sock=/var/run/vde2/tap0.ctl \ > -boot c \ > -vga std -vnc localhost:7 -usbdevice tablet \ > -name Squeeze00 \ > -hda /dev/turtle/Squeeze00 \ > -soundhw es1370 -m 1G -smp 4 > > Of course, I'd also welcome help with the virtual machine, but I only > came to this list for help on the X part. Why are video modes being > detected but not used? Is there an xorg.conf I can specify that will > work around the problem? > > Thanks. > Ross Boylan > > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg