This is how you can test the previous patch with QEMU: 1. create an empty floppy image (dd if=/dev/zero of=fd.img bs=1k count=1440) 2. format it with mkfs.vfat 3. loop mount it somewhere 4. put xserver-xorg.config.patch there 5. umount it 6. boot a Feisty Herd1 desktop CD image with qemu:
$ qemu -fda fd.img -cdrom feisty-desktop-i386.iso -boot d 7. boot with: "xforcevesa break=casper-bottom single" and without "quiet splash" 8. at the console, do: $ insmod /root/lib/modules/2.6.19-7-generic/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko $ mkdir /tmp/floppy $ mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /tmp/floppy $ patch /root/var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xorg.config < /tmp/floppy/xserver-xorg.config.patch $ umount /tmp/floppy $ rm -r /tmp/floppy $ rmmod floppy $ ^D 9. wait... 10. check how your just autogenerated /etc/X11/xorg.conf uses vesa instead of cirrus (which is the virtual video card emulated by qemu) 11. enjoy :-) -- "Safe graphics mode" doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
