[Bug 1308756] Re: pc 1.0 machine type regressed with -vga vmware

2014-04-17 Thread Serge Hallyn
(I do see in the description that yous aid you tested with cirrus; i can't verify that breakage) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308756 Title: pc 1.0 machine type

[Bug 1308756] Re: pc 1.0 machine type regressed with -vga vmware

2014-04-17 Thread Serge Hallyn
pc-1.2 works fine for me. I assume the following: },{\ .driver = VGA,\ .property = vgamem_mb,\ .value= stringify(8),\ },{\ .driver = vmware-svga,\ .property = vgamem_mb,\ .value= stringify(8) is

[Bug 1308756] Re: pc 1.0 machine type regressed with -vga vmware

2014-04-17 Thread Serge Hallyn
Thanks again for filing this bug. I've added a note to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes . I'm marking this wontfix. We could in fact fix this by upping the memory size for pc-1.0, but that would increase our delta from debian and upstream so unless others think this crucial, I

[Bug 1308756] Re: pc 1.0 machine type regressed with -vga vmware

2014-04-17 Thread Doug Smythies
I agree with the summary change to pc 1.0 machine type regressed with -vga vmware: And confirm via two new VM desktop guest installations. One was on a 14.04 server host upgraded from from a 12.04 server. The other was on a new 14.04 server. In both cases the machine type was forced on the

Re: [Bug 1308756] Re: pc 1.0 machine type regressed with -vga vmware

2014-04-17 Thread Serge Hallyn
Hi Doug, I disagree about bumping the memory size as a fix: In the release notes I only mentioned changing the machine type, however bumping the memory size does work in the qemu command line. It's just that ... For many months (13.10 days) I have always been bumping the memory for the

[Bug 1308756] Re: pc 1.0 machine type regressed with -vga vmware

2014-04-17 Thread Doug Smythies
Serge, Thanks for the information and the link to even more useful information. So, specifying vram size doesn't work, that is both good to know and explains some things. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu in Ubuntu.