From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Kenni Lund <kenni@kelu.dk>
Cc: kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Using 1920x1080 resolution with kvm
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:14:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CBCAAC3.5020401@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=Vv2oo2m-YZvmbuMT1ELwgH=9Z75nZJ2c_0g8F@mail.gmail.com>
On 10/11/2010 10:17 AM, Kenni Lund wrote:
> 2010/10/10 Aniruddha <mailingdotlist@gmail.com>:
>> I would like to use a resolution 1920x1080 for my Windows XP Guest.
>
> Leave KVM at the default resolution (eg. don't specify any
> resolution), activate remote desktop in Windows XP and connect with
> rdesktop or some other RDP client to the guest.
>
> The RDP protocol will give you the resolution you request and will
> also be much more responsive/faster than if you do VNC to a KVM guest
> running at some high native resolution. VNC to a Windows guest should
> only be needed for installing Windows and for debugging when Windows
> doesn't boot.
>
Why are you assuming VNC?
-hpa
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-18 20:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-10 14:56 Using 1920x1080 resolution with kvm Aniruddha
2010-10-11 17:17 ` Kenni Lund
2010-10-18 20:14 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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