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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: Eamon Walsh <ewalsh@tycho.nsa.gov>
Cc: George Coker <gscoker@tycho.nsa.gov>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: Fbdev graphics broken in xen/next dom0
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:42:49 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B9AB559.1070709@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B9AA301.6090303@tycho.nsa.gov>

On 03/12/2010 12:24 PM, Eamon Walsh wrote:
> I work in the same group as Dave Quigley and George Coker.  I'm working
> on a graphical switcher application for Xen which uses the DirectFB
> library on top of Linux VESA fbdev.  This runs in dom0 at the moment.
> I'm using the latest xen/next pvops dom0 and xen-unstable hypervisor
> compiled from source, with vga=ask so I can boot dom0 in a graphical mode.
>
> The problem I'm having is illustrated by the attached test program that
> displays a green background with a white square for 10 seconds when run
> as root.  It doesn't work on the xen/next / xen-unstable combo.  The
> program runs and exits normally but all I see is a black screen.
>
> The program *does* work on xen/next running on the bare metal.  It also
> works using the xen-unstable hypervisor with an older dom0, the 2.6.31.4
> kernel with Novell patches.  So I think the issue is in the xen/next
> kernel.  I've run the test program on different machines and observed
> the same behavior.
>
> The xen-unstable / 2.6.31.4 dom0 combination works and I'm using that
> for the moment but I'd like to be using pvops.  I would be happy to run
> more tests / provide more data if needed.
>    

What's the hardware?  Do any messages appear either on the dom0 console 
or the Xen console?  Does booting with a vga console help?

Thanks,
     J

  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-12 21:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-12 20:24 Fbdev graphics broken in xen/next dom0 Eamon Walsh
2010-03-12 21:42 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2010-03-13  0:44   ` Eamon Walsh
2010-03-13  0:51     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-03-16  0:46       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-03-16 21:52         ` Eamon Walsh
2010-03-16 22:19           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-03-25 23:55             ` Eamon Walsh
2010-03-27  9:14               ` Arvind R
2010-03-27 21:52                 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-03-28  9:33                   ` Arvind R

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