From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dor Laor Subject: Re: GFXboot, Ubuntu and kvm git Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:43:51 +0200 Message-ID: <1200609831.26281.162.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20080117172032.GP1707@atlas.linux2go.dk> Reply-To: dor.laor-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Soren Hansen Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080117172032.GP1707-BTvIM0DlbdSSwEwcaNC2fFpr/1R2p/CL@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 18:20 +0100, Soren Hansen wrote: > Hi! > > I'm having an issue with GFXboot in Ubuntu. If I try to boot one of our > recent iso images, e.g. > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/current/hardy-server-amd64.iso > > with a simple "kvm -cdrom hardy-server-amd64" using the kernel modules > from 2.6.24-rc6, and kvm-userspace from git, I just get a black screen. > If I add -std-vga to the command line, it works just fine. If I load the > kernel modules from git, it also works just fine. > > I was under the impression that the kernel API should be backwards > compatible, so I consider this a bug. Is there anything I can do to help > debug this issue? > Indeed it's a bug and not different api. It might be SVM fpu state leak. Bisecting the kernel can help. Does it runs on Intel? Dor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/