From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jared Rhine Subject: VGA extended text mode on XenCD not functional Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:07:50 -0800 Message-ID: <87oefaeoeh.wl@badger.wordzoo.com> References: <41C118EF.8000106@nikon-sys.co.jp> <1104675621.13969.82.camel@bear.wordzoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.4 - "Hosorogi") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1104675621.13969.82.camel@bear.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 [Jared == jared@wordzoo.com on Sun, 02 Jan 2005 06:20:21 -0800] 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. Perhaps this is a dead issue, but I put an example 'vga=791' configuration onto the XenCD boot menu, which as far as I can tell here, does not function as Ian describes. I'd love to get this feature working. -- jared@wordzoo.com "Tiger gotta hunt. Bird gotta fly. Man gotta sit and wonder why, why, why. Tiger gotta sleep. Bird gotta land. Man gotta tell himself he understand." -- Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl