From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fu8Ds-00072b-RB for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:30:52 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fu8Ds-00071x-44 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:30:52 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fu8Dr-00071p-UG for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:30:52 -0400 Received: from [24.25.9.102] (helo=ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Fu8PI-00038s-Jf for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:42:40 -0400 Message-ID: <449D3E6A.5040902@nigelterry.net> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:30:18 -0400 From: "Nigel J. Terry" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] New VGA BIOS References: <448FEFED.7090201@bellard.org> <44900D8B.3000305@nigelterry.net> In-Reply-To: <44900D8B.3000305@nigelterry.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, fabrice@bellard.org I posted this a while back, and got no response. If it is a stupid question, can someone tell me why, or can anyone help? Thanks Nigel J. Terry wrote: > Fabrice Bellard wrote: >> I commited a new VGA BIOS (no commit message because the mail was too >> big). Important changes were made in order to support some Linux >> distributions heavily using the VESA VBE extensions (such as >> GeexBox). The -std-vga option must be used in this case. >> >> Fabrice. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qemu-devel mailing list >> Qemu-devel@nongnu.org >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >> > Fabrice et al. > > I downloaded and tested this new VGA enhanced version from CVS this > morning. Running Windows XP as guest on FC5 as host with user and > kernal kqemu, I found that QEMU exited with an error: > > Could not open SDL display > > when I tried resolutions of 1152 x 864, 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200. > This occurred when I attempted to go full screen, worked fine in a > window. > 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768 worked fine in a window or full screen. > > I am running on a laptop with a screen size of 1280 x 800 so the > failing resolutions are when the emulated VGA is larger than the > physical screen. > Is this expected behavior? > > What I would really like is the ability to run at 1280x800 and be 1:1 > with my screen when in full screen mode. Is this possible, or am I > limited by XP? > > Thanks for a great product > > Nigel > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >