From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CXlYI-0003kk-G2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:14:42 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CXlYI-0003kY-24 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:14:42 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CXlYH-0003kV-TT for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:14:42 -0500 Received: from [64.233.170.196] (helo=rproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CXlOp-0001nj-T2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:04:56 -0500 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id y7so499335rne for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:04:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <41e41e7a04112611045da8a739@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 21:04:55 +0200 From: Hetz Ben Hamo Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Windows98 under SUSE 9.2: Only 640*480 in 16 colors (SOLVED) In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <41A3DDA7.45B0EBDF@argo.es> Reply-To: Hetz Ben Hamo , 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 I still don't understand - whats wrong with the built in Cirrus Logic driver? Thanks, Hetz On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:53:02 +0000 (UTC), CP wrote: > Info geodb.org> writes: > > > > > There is a VESA graphic driver for Windows. Unfortunatly, > > MS doesn't support this standard by default. Do a google, > [snip] > > Hi all, > > The VESA graphic driver can be installed following the instructions in: > > http://bochs.sourceforge.net/doc/docbook/user/vesa-notes.html > > Once SDD is installed, launch it, and select "properties" > "windows display > driver", click on the displayed driver name (something like "Cirrus Logic > CL5446") and choose the SciTech Nucleus driver on the list. Save the changes and > reset/restart qemu. Once the system is running with the Nucleus (generic > VESA2.0) driver, all sorts of hi-res modes are available. I'm running > 1024x768x16bpp and it works OK. > > By the way, I had the exact same problem Jesus Cea was talking about (any > resolution not 640x480x4bpp would bring the system down), so maybe is a bug in > the Spanish Win98SE CD. It doesn't seem to be SUSE-specific (I'm running Fedora > Core 2 here). I think adding a note pointing to the bochs webpage to the docs > would be very helpful, I have spent the better part of a day figuring this > out... and I haven't found any other VESA graphic driver. > > Cheers - CP > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >