From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: Qemu window size + windows XP resolution problem Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:06:51 +0200 Message-ID: <45F65B9B.5060805@qumranet.com> References: <200703122139.14590.andrew@walrond.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Andrew Walrond Return-path: In-reply-to: <200703122139.14590.andrew-2/QedQ4M3FBAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Andrew Walrond wrote: > Using v16 (including compiled modules) on a 2.6.20+ kernel, I installed > windows XP as per the howto, which works perfectly. > > I changed the windows screen resolution to 1280x1024x16 in the display > manager, which resized the qemu window and works fine. However, after > shutting down and restarting XP, the qemu window starts up at the original > size and I can only see the top quarter of the windows screen. > > Is this a known problem? Any way round it? I have found that resetting the > windows resolution fixes the problem, but it's a pain having to do this every > time. > > Strange. Does this reproduce with stock qemu-0.9.0? I have a couple of XP VMs with non-default resolutions, and they don't exhibit this. > Secondly, I have found that the mouse is sometimes not released to the X > desktop after the session ends , resulting in a frozen mouse. I got round > this by restarting a session, then ctrl-alt a couple to times to release the > mouse before exiting the session again. > > I've seen this with SDL-over-VNC. What's your setup? Distro, window manager, etc.? Not that I know how to diagnose this, but maybe it will ring a bell for someone. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV