From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dylan Reid Subject: "-vga std" causes guest OS to crash (on disk io?) on a 1440x900 latpop. Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:05:58 -0400 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.30]:44525 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753841AbZCHWGB (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:06:01 -0400 Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so835281yxm.1 for ; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:05:59 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: When I run the guest without the -vga option, everything is fine, the resolutions isn't what I would like, but it works remarkably well. If I add "-vga std" to the command I use to run the guest, then it will crash when it attempts to start graphics. This will also happen if I attempt to boot from an .iso with the "-vga std" option. If I attempt to install ubuntu 8.10 for x86 I get errors about not being able to read startup files in the /etc directory. This also happens if I use the -no-vkm switch. reidd@heman:/usr/appliances$ uname -a Linux heman 2.6.27-11-server #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 20:19:41 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux this is running an AMD Turion X2 on a toshiba Satellite P305D. I am using kvm-84, but also tested on 83 with the same results. Any ideas on why this would happen? Thanks, Dylan