From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Reeted Subject: Re: Win 2000 driver for -vga std ? Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:58:07 +0100 Message-ID: <4F3A686F.4010102@shiftmail.org> References: <4F39BBEA.5050907@shiftmail.org> <4F39FE44.1080500@msgid.tls.msk.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org To: Michael Tokarev Return-path: Received: from blade3.isti.cnr.it ([194.119.192.19]:2552 "EHLO blade3.isti.cnr.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757502Ab2BNN7F (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:59:05 -0500 Received: from [10.21.1.6] ([151.42.58.22]) by mx.isti.cnr.it (PMDF V6.5-x6 #31988) with ESMTPSA id <01OBZGDH6GT6JMQ4T6@mx.isti.cnr.it> for kvm@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:58:06 +0100 (MET) In-reply-to: <4F39FE44.1080500@msgid.tls.msk.ru> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/14/12 07:25, Michael Tokarev wrote: > On 14.02.2012 05:42, Reeted wrote: >> Hello, subject says it all >> >> The driver for windows 2000 for the -vga std should be the Anapa VBE >> Vesa VBEMP if I understand correctly >> but I cannot on earth find this executable >> http://navozhdeniye.narod.ru/vbemp.htm >> all links for download all over the world are dangling! >> >> Anybody has conserved this very important driver? > > This "adapter" works in all versions of windows with a built-in > vesa driver just fine, no replacement is necessary or desired. > > The only problem is that some versions of windows consider that > driver to be "problematic" somehow and mark the corresponding > device with yellow exclamation sign. Go ask M$ about this. I don't think so... It detects new hardware (I am virtualizing an existing machine), asks me where to look for a driver, I make it go looking into the Win2000 installation CD and online at Windows Update but it says it cannot find a driver for such video adapter. It asks me if I want to disable the device or be prompted again for installation at the next boot. And it keeps running at 16 colors (4 bit depth) 800x600 and very poor performances when moving windows around.