Bug#974757: The "-no-frame" option no longer works with qemu-system-* in Debian 10.
The "-full-screen" option problems are described in separate bug 974969 (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=974969). Regards Bakhelit
Bug#974757: The "-no-frame" option no longer works with qemu-system-* in Debian 10.
Thanks for correcting my understanding of the "-no-frame" option situation. In that case feel free to close the bug. I will test the "-full-screen" option more and report the problems in a separate bug. Regards Bakhelit
Bug#974757: The "-no-frame" option no longer works with qemu-system-* in Debian 10.
14.11.2020 21:57, bakhe...@gmail.com wrote: Package: qemu-system-x86 Version: 3.1 Dear Maintainers, the "-no-frame" option that works nicely with qemu-system-x86 2.8 (in Debian 9 - Stretch) is not usable with qemu-system-x86 3.1 (in Debian 10 - Buster). This is, because qemu-system-* no longer uses SDL for default display and uses GTK instead. No, this is because -no-frame has been deprecated and has been completely removed in later version of qemu. In particular, qemu v5.1 does not have this option anymore, be it SDL or GTK or anything. If that's the only issue, I'd close this bugreport, because we in Debian can not support features which has been removed upstream. Actually, given the subject/title, it is already enough to close it, - for other issues I think a different bugreport can be created. But hold on. I was unfortunately unable to find any alternative that would allow me to run my virtual machines in a graphical window that has no decoration/border and thus can take the exact screen size (e.g. 1080x1920) like my physical display. I tested the "-full-screen" option, which resulted in qemu-system-* window that stretched outside of visible screen. Maybe this was so, because my dual monitor setup confused QEMU:), but it is just a laptop screen + external monitor and both have same size 1080x1920. I was also not successful when using "xprop" commands intended to disable window decoration/border (but I probably used wrong ones). I am using XFCE and I could not find any info that would help me force xfwm4 to disable window decorations for specific windows. You can try a more recent version of qemu and see if it solves your issue with misdetection of your screen size. I haven't seen this behavour so far, despite I used several multi-monitor configurations, - maybe a combination of window manager/ graphical environment makes it to happen, I don't know (I don't use XFCE). At the very start, you can try two things more or less easy - try a different desktop environment (just to see how it works, it should be relatively easy to switch temporarily), and try a more recent version of qemu, too (at least the one in backports). Thanks, /mjt
Bug#974757: The "-no-frame" option no longer works with qemu-system-* in Debian 10.
Package: qemu-system-x86 Version: 3.1 Dear Maintainers, the "-no-frame" option that works nicely with qemu-system-x86 2.8 (in Debian 9 - Stretch) is not usable with qemu-system-x86 3.1 (in Debian 10 - Buster). This is, because qemu-system-* no longer uses SDL for default display and uses GTK instead. I was unfortunately unable to find any alternative that would allow me to run my virtual machines in a graphical window that has no decoration/border and thus can take the exact screen size (e.g. 1080x1920) like my physical display. I tested the "-full-screen" option, which resulted in qemu-system-* window that stretched outside of visible screen. Maybe this was so, because my dual monitor setup confused QEMU:), but it is just a laptop screen + external monitor and both have same size 1080x1920. I was also not successful when using "xprop" commands intended to disable window decoration/border (but I probably used wrong ones). I am using XFCE and I could not find any info that would help me force xfwm4 to disable window decorations for specific windows. This means I cannot use my virtual machines easily for testing my Debian configs before deploying them on my laptops (as many applications have this nasty habit of saving screen/window size or position in their configs:). Also, I really do not need any functionality that is provided by the GTK window decoration/border or its menus, so I would prefer if the "-no-frame" capability or some other usable alternative was implemented for qemu-system-* GTK display. If someone can point me to a workaround or solution of this problem I would be very grateful. Even an "xprop" command or something similar is acceptable for me as I will add it to my script that runs qemu-system-*. Also, thanks for all good work you do to bring us QEMU:). Best Regards Bakhelit
