Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU + -std-vga + XFree86

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Kyle Hubert wrote:
> Hi, I'm working with QEMU on an XFree86 machine. I was desirous of
> having 1600x1200 working in the virtual machine, so I looked at using
> the -std-vga option with the "vesa" X driver.

You probably have to increase your hsync and vrefresh ranges.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> While initializing X, I get the following:
>
> (II) VESA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
> (II) VESA(0): VESA BIOS detected
> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Version 0.0
> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 0 kB
> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: ^A
>
> The log continues on to say:
>
> (II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 0 64KB banks (0kB)
> (II) VESA(0): Generic Monitor: Using hsync range of 28.00-51.00 kHz
> (II) VESA(0): Generic Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 43.00-60.00 Hz
> (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1600x1200" (no mode of this name)
> (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name)
> (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
> (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
> (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (insufficient memory
> given virtual size)
>
> I'm not positive this is my problem, but it looks like it isn't
> reporting the vram size correctly, does this sound correct?
>
> Thanks for the time.
>
> -Kyle
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