----- Original Message ----- > On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 15:50 +0200, Alon Levy wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 01:42:07AM -0400, John A. Sullivan III > > wrote: > > > On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 01:34 +0200, Alon Levy wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 09:35:57PM +0100, Damien Churchill > > > > wrote: > > > > > On 15 June 2011 21:11, --[ UxBoD ]-- <ux...@splatnix.net> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > >> Hello, all. We have recently jumped into SPICE with both > > > > > >> hands and > > > > > >> feet > > > > > >> as we are intrigued with the possibilities. But, we've > > > > > >> hit a few > > > > > >> rocks > > > > > >> along the way! > > > > > >> > > > > > >> The immediate problems with our two test Windows > > > > > >> installations > > > > > >> (Windows7 > > > > > >> and Windows Server 2008 running as KVM guests in Fedora > > > > > >> 15) using the > > > > > >> QXL driver is that the pixel depth appears to be 4-bits, > > > > > >> the only > > > > > >> available resolutions are 640x480 and 800x600, and the > > > > > >> mouse is > > > > > >> unusably > > > > > >> lagged. > > > > <snip>> > > > > > > > Alon (Redhat Dev) has a patch for QEMU which should > > > > > > hopefully fix the 4bpp issue but the binary and necessary > > > > > > libraries he sent me would not run successfully on our > > > > > > server. It was execute and then hang and eventually time > > > > > > out. Perhaps, as discussed, we could build from source > > > > > > though I wonder why that patch has not been fully > > > > > > committed yet? > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Is the patch available to try anywhere? I'd like to give it a > > > > > test and > > > > > see what happens. > > > > > > > > attached. > > > <snip> > > > > > > Argh!!! I recompiled the rpms from the srpms after applying the > > > patch > > > and thought for sure our woes would be ended! Alas, perhaps we > > > have 8 > > > bit color now and we still have a maximum resolution of 800x600 > > > :( > > > > > > What next? > > > > <snip> > > I've installed yesterday on windows 2008 R2 successfully, the only > > real difference from win7/winxp is that the drivers have to be > > signed, and either cross signed by microsoft or you need to set > > the vm to accept self signed drivers. > > > > You can easily tell the driver is not really loaded by looking at > > devmgmt.msc (device manager), the driver will have an exclamation > > mark overlayed on the icon. > > > > I'm not sure if the self signed drivers are on the site, but I'm > > attaching self signed drivers (these are development only - based > > on unpushed patches). > > > Strange, I wonder what is different between your environment and > mine. > I replaced the rpms on the Fedora host. Was I supposed to do > anything > with the Windows drivers? The patched seemed only for qemu. I'll > give > these a try and see if it changes anything. > > I should mentioned that, before Windows presented its "Press Ctl Alt > Del > to login" screen, the color was brilliant for the Windows logo. It > changed when it got to the login screen. Thanks - John > >
I believe the Windows logo you see within the boot process is low resolution anyway. -- Thanks, Phil _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel
