On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:46:08PM +0100, Pierre Labastie wrote: > > - with -vga std: > - the modesetting driver seems to initialize, and the 2 other drivers (fbdev > and vesa) are closed. Then an error occurs "fatal server error: > [ 26.601] (EE) failed to create screen resources(EE)", and the xorg server > closes. But I am left with a black screen which I cannot reset... I can only > ssh to the VM for shutting it down. >
I only use -vga std on recent builds (for my preferences, I can get a better (bigger) screen). And that was what I got, but I think I actually managed to type Ctrl-C in the qemu console. But the original patch mentioned cirrus. There are also other patches in the series, e.g. for cursor, but I did not need them. > - with -vga vmware: > - the vmware driver starts correctly, but the mouse pointer has erratic > moves all over the window! I can logout by typing exit in the controlling > xterm. but then the console has a reddish background instead of black... > There is an information about /dev/input/mouse0, telling "No input driver > specified, ignoring this device". Do not know whether it has something to do > with the pointer instability... > I used vmware when I started playing with qemu, initially running distro installers so I could look at what they did for TeX (particuarly, OTF/TTF fonts). I think I saw a reddish console background frequently - but mostly it resolved itself. > With x86_64, the driver used is fbdev. I use EFI, and both CONFIG_FB_VESA abd > CONFIG_FB_EFI are set. Do not know whether it goes through EFI framebuffer or > vesa. But it works. I realize that I do not know why. I'm glad the 64-bit version works, at least with fbdev. I assume that qemu does not provide any EFI emulation (the default PC models in it are somewhat older than EFI). > > I'll try the fix, and let you know. > > Pierre Thanks. ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
