From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "B.G. Bruce" Subject: Re: VGA extended text modes Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:12:53 -0400 Message-ID: <1109463172.9255.170.camel@master.vms.security> References: <41C118EF.8000106@nikon-sys.co.jp> <1104675621.13969.82.camel@bear.wordzoo.com> <87oefaeoeh.wl@badger.wordzoo.com> <87ll9bzpd7.wl@badger.wordzoo.com> Reply-To: bgb@nt-nv.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <87ll9bzpd7.wl@badger.wordzoo.com> Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Jared Rhine Cc: xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org I can't speak for anyone else but I know that at one time (about 2-3 weeks ago) a vga=ask allowed me to get into 80x60 mode under xen0 - ultimately I swapped over to running intelfb in 1280x1024 but I know that at least on my equipment (and my kernels) both of these work as per usual. B. On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 04:39, Jared Rhine wrote: > Edward> I am trying to get the hypervisor to run in an extended text > Edward> modes, > > Ian> When dom0 takes over the VGA console (which is the default mode > Ian> of operation) you can arrange to put it into whatever mode you > Ian> like; you just won't get the initial boot messages from Xen in > Ian> the extended text mode. > > Edward> I was looking at modifying the hypervisor because I couldn't > Edward> get this to work and couldn't find a specific reference > Edward> stating it was possible. > > Jared> I too, have failed to set any vga mode for any Xen > Jared> installation. Could the developers confirm 1 more time that > Jared> it "works for them" (if indeed) and we can try to > Jared> characterize the bug more. > > Apologies for following up to this thread for the third time, but near > as I can tell, this is an open issue. > > Can anyone (developers especially) confirm or deny operation of > extended VGA modes in dom0? > > XenCD comes with a handy boot menu item to serve as a repeatable test > case :) > > -- jared@wordzoo.com > > War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. -Ambrose Bierce > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click