From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HJujc-0002re-G0 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:54:28 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HJujc-0002qp-0r for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:54:28 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HJujb-0002qi-Pe for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:54:27 -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 1HJuja-0005QM-Gv for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:54:27 -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 l1LGsKIo014173 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:54:20 +0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by opal.binro.org (8.14.0/8.13.6/Submit) id l1LGsJUf014171 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:54:19 +0700 From: Robin Atwood Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] How to get 1280x1024 display from guest running Xorg? Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:54:19 +0700 References: <7458963.1172073905035.JavaMail.root@eastrmwml03.mgt.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <7458963.1172073905035.JavaMail.root@eastrmwml03.mgt.cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702212354.19634.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, Ben Taylor wrote: > ---- Robin Atwood wrote: > > 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 > > This is a good recommendation for any install. I know I must have > 4-5 copies of my working Win98SE and WinXPHome images. > > > 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.) > > How much memory are you giving the virtual machine. Solaris 10 really > needs 384MB and more like 512 for S10U3 to run reasonably. I have 2GB of RAM so I always give a VM 1G. -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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------