From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47418) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmQkj-0000FM-8K for Qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 11:17:18 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmQke-0001VO-Cm for Qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 11:17:13 -0500 Received: from isrv.corpit.ru ([86.62.121.231]:48483) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmQke-0001Tw-4J for Qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 11:17:08 -0500 Message-ID: <5298BE02.5030808@msgid.tls.msk.ru> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 20:17:06 +0400 From: Michael Tokarev MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5298ABB3.80501@msgid.tls.msk.ru> <1385738623.23450.35.camel@nilsson.home.kraxel.org> <5298B9DD.60500@msgid.tls.msk.ru> In-Reply-To: <5298B9DD.60500@msgid.tls.msk.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] seavgabios resolutions, win8 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Gerd Hoffmann Cc: seabios , Qemu Development List 29.11.2013 19:59, Michael Tokarev wrote: [] >>> And while at it, there's another bugreport against vgabios package in >>> Debian, see http://bugs.debian.org/685097 . It looks like windows8 >>> isn't happy with vgabios-provided modes and does not let to change >>> resolution at all, sticking at 1024x768. That bugreport points to >>> a patchset, http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-05/msg00260.html >>> (this is just one patch from it), which has been applied to xen copy >>> of vgabios to solve exactly this issue with win8, and reportedly it >>> works there. It looks like something similar should be done in >>> seavgabios too, since with it, win8 guest is also stuck at the same >>> resolution. >> >> Hmm, last time I tried resolution switching in win8 worked just fine >> with seavgabios. Can you double-check? > > I just installed a fresh win8 VM, and it is indeed stuck with 1024x768, > with the "screen resolution" combo-box grayed out in the appropriate > control panel screen, -- there's no way to choose any other resolution. It was a false alarm really. I'm sorry for this. After numerous experiments with different vga bioses, I had a leftover file named vgabios-stdvga.bin in the current directory. It was some version of plex/bochs vgabios. And that one didn't work. When I actually removed it and tried with seavgabios, it worked correctly and it lets me to change resolutions. It doesn't have 1920x1024 resolution still, but it is a significantly better behavour. So the win8 part of my question goes away :) Thanks, /mjt