Re: [Qemu-devel] fix for winXP display corruption

[Hetz Ben Hamo <hetz@witch.dyndns.org>]

Luke Deller wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed Windows XP on the latest CVS version of qemu (using 
> -cirrusvga), but I got some rubbish / corruption on the screen.

Indeed your pathces fixes the post install screen graphics garbage.

> Attached is a small patch which corrects this problem for me.  (Some 
> bitblt code in hw/cirrus_vga_rop2.h was missing a case for 24-bit colour 
> depths. BTW that whole file looks like it assumes a little-endian host?).
> 
> Another problem is that when I try to increase the resolution above 
> 640x480, the resolution doesn't actually change.  I haven't tracked this 
> problem down yet.

Weird, after your patch I can go up to 1024x768x32 bit colors and 
1024x768x24 bit colors as well..

Fot those who try to install XP - the first graphical install part goes 
ok, reboots, it asks you if you want to expand the graphics mode, and 
after you answer you get "please wait" with the Windows XP logo..

A workaround would be to simply quit qemu and restart it. Works here 
like a charm (with network)..

I also seen the network problem that appears sometime with XP (no 
network even if slirp is enabled). I found that the problem appearing 
when installing XP without the -user-net parameter (I haven't find any 
workaround yet).

Thanks,
Hetz