From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: walt Subject: Latest kvm.git versus Windows Vista? Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:26:11 -0800 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:52049 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751026AbYKNC0Y (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:26:24 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1L0oO4-0001ND-TB for kvm@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:26:20 +0000 Received: from adsl-69-234-179-180.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net ([69.234.179.180]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:26:20 +0000 Received: from w41ter by adsl-69-234-179-180.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:26:20 +0000 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I see that the last post about Vista was exactly a month ago, and nothing since then. I've tried installing Vista using today's kvm.git on both 32-bit and 64-bit linux machines and failed both times, but with very different results. The common denominator between 64-bit and 32-bit linux seems to be graphics. The 64-bit Vista install works perfectly up until the final installation reboots from the virtual disk and freezes during the reboot with colorful ascii characters scattered randomly on the virtual screen -- i.e. seems like the Vista installer may have installed the wrong graphics driver(?) but I'm just guessing. The Vista install on 32-bit linux fails much earlier -- it freezes the very first time Vista's colorful graphics image of a theater curtain appears on the virtual terminal. The mouse cursor is still alive, but absolutely nothing else works at that point. Still seems graphics related to me, but again I'm just guessing. So, does anyone have Vista working on recent kvm.git? Thanks!