From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HJt2N-0006pY-US for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:05:43 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HJt2L-0006oq-DM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:05:42 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HJt2L-0006oi-7N for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:05:41 -0500 Received: from p7507-adslbkksp7.c.csloxinfo.net ([58.136.93.141] helo=opal.binro.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HJt2J-0003Lf-Pn for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:05:40 -0500 Received: from opal.binro.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opal.binro.org (8.14.0/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1LF5Zhh006607 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:05:35 +0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by opal.binro.org (8.14.0/8.13.6/Submit) id l1LF5Zsn006606 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:05:35 +0700 From: Robin Atwood Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] How to get 1280x1024 display from guest running Xorg? Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:05:35 +0700 References: <200702211355.22075.julian@valgrind.org> In-Reply-To: <200702211355.22075.julian@valgrind.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702212205.35192.robin@binro.org> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Wednesday 21 Feb 2007, Julian Seward wrote: > (replying off list) > > So you have Solaris 10 (x86 ?) running on qemu-0.9 ? Is it stable? > Does it work? I have it running on vmware-5.5.3 but would prefer to > move to running it on qemu if possible; however I've had mixed > results with qemu in the past and don't want to spend loads of time > on failed attempts to get it to work. Hence the question. It was a great battle to install but now it is stable. Do the following things: 1. install from the DVD image 2. Use the text console install 3. At the end of the install, backup the image file *before* the first reboot 4. If during the first boot of the image, you get a segfault, restore and try again until you get to a prompt. Ignore any service failures. (the filesystem seems prone corruption at the first boot.) 5. If you have problems caused by damaged files, re-install choosing the "Update" option: this will restore the damaged files. After that, I was able to boot reliably into X. However, the filesystem seems very fragile if not shut down cleanly, so take regular backups! HTH -Robin. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling ----------------------------------------------------------------------