From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jared Rhine Subject: VGA extended text modes Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:39:48 -0800 Message-ID: <87ll9bzpd7.wl@badger.wordzoo.com> References: <41C118EF.8000106@nikon-sys.co.jp> <1104675621.13969.82.camel@bear.wordzoo.com> <87oefaeoeh.wl@badger.wordzoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.4 - "Hosorogi") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <87oefaeoeh.wl@badger.wordzoo.com> Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Edward> I am trying to get the hypervisor to run in an extended text Edward> modes, Ian> When dom0 takes over the VGA console (which is the default mode Ian> of operation) you can arrange to put it into whatever mode you Ian> like; you just won't get the initial boot messages from Xen in Ian> the extended text mode. Edward> I was looking at modifying the hypervisor because I couldn't Edward> get this to work and couldn't find a specific reference Edward> stating it was possible. Jared> I too, have failed to set any vga mode for any Xen Jared> installation. Could the developers confirm 1 more time that Jared> it "works for them" (if indeed) and we can try to Jared> characterize the bug more. Apologies for following up to this thread for the third time, but near as I can tell, this is an open issue. Can anyone (developers especially) confirm or deny operation of extended VGA modes in dom0? XenCD comes with a handy boot menu item to serve as a repeatable test case :) -- jared@wordzoo.com War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. -Ambrose Bierce ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click