Re: VMX status report. Xen: #17270 & Xen0: #488 -- no newissue

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com>]

Should VNC viewing work at all if vnc=0? What about X Windows viewing and
sdl=0? If they should work, what are the sdl and vnc config options for in
the first place?

 -- Keir

On 29/3/08 09:17, "Xu, Dongxiao" <dongxiao.xu@intel.com> wrote:

> Hi, Stefano and Keir,
> 
> When I set sdl=1, vnc=0 and use VNC viewer to connect a host, then boot a
> windows guest, the color is abnormal.
>     If I set sdl=0, vnc=1 and use VNC viewewr to connect a host, then boot a
> windows guest, the color is correct.
>     If I use Domain0's X window to boot a windows guest and whatever sdl=1,
> vnc=0 or sdl=0, vnc=1, the color is correct.
> 
>     The color depth and resolution of my windows guest is: 800*600, 24bit or
> 16bit. And my VNC version is: VNC Viewer Free Edision 4.1.1. I will check my
> Domain0's resolution and color depth when I back to company on Monday.
> 
> Best regards,
> -- Dongxiao
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com]
> Sent: 2008年3月28日 18:54
> To: Xu, Dongxiao
> Cc: Samuel Thibault; Li, Haicheng; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] VMX status report. Xen: #17270 & Xen0: #488 -- no
> newissue
> 
> Xu, Dongxiao wrote:
>> Hi, Samuel,
>>     Recently, I look into the bug 1180: Hvm windows guest shows abnormal
>> color. I find that, if we use X window to boot a windows guest, the color is
>> correct; and if we use vnc viewer to connect to the host and boot a windows
>> guest, the color is abnormal. This issue comes from Xen C/S 17171.
>> 
>> BTW, I set sdl=1 and vnc=0 in my configuration file. If set sdl=0 and vnc=1
>> in configuration file, both color from vnc viewer or X window are correct.
>> 
> 
> Sorry I don't fully understand: is when you where using sdl=1 and vnc=0
> (that is the SDL windows) that you saw abnormal colours or when you
> where using sdl=0 and vnc=1 (vnc interface)?
> 
> These informations would be helpful:
> 
> - the colour depth and resolution in the window guest
> 
> - the colour depth and resolution  of your dom0 X window system
> 
> - which vnc viewer you are using (if the problem is with vnc)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stefano Stabellini
> 
> P.S.
> I was independently able to reproduce another colour problem that
> happens only when the guest colour resolution is 8 bpp.