From: "Björn Höfling" <bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de>
To: Robert Vollmert <rob@vllmrt.net>
Cc: 36069@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:27:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190627102741.63268a3a@alma-ubu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <73149751-082E-4EB6-89CB-7E242830BDBF@vllmrt.net>
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On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:34:21 +0200
Robert Vollmert <rob@vllmrt.net> wrote:
> > On 26. Jun 2019, at 22:23, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
> > <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> wrote:
> >
> > Passing “-vga cirrus” reduces the display size.
[..]
> > So presumably the VPS is using an old QEMU or passes -vga cirrus.
>
> Great find! Indeed, lspci lists
>
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446
>
> Is this something that could be fixed by including a driver for that
> card in the kernel?
Yes, good catch! On my server I find the exact same Cirrus Logic driver
with lspci. Furthermore, when starting locally the QEMU-Instance with
the "-vga cirrus" option, viewing the installer through vinagre shows a
cropped scene (screenshot attached).
Björn
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-06-27 8:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-03 9:35 bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC Robert Vollmert
2019-06-05 10:39 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-06-05 11:25 ` Robert Vollmert
2019-06-05 21:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-06-11 7:13 ` Robert Vollmert
2019-06-11 8:26 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-06-24 22:24 ` Björn Höfling
2019-06-25 13:59 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-06-25 14:09 ` Robert Vollmert
2019-06-25 15:06 ` Björn Höfling
2019-06-25 15:54 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-06-25 17:51 ` Robert Vollmert
2019-06-26 16:51 ` Björn Höfling
2019-06-26 19:16 ` Robert Vollmert
2019-06-26 20:23 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-06-27 6:34 ` Robert Vollmert
2019-06-27 8:27 ` Björn Höfling [this message]
2019-07-19 11:58 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-07-19 16:37 ` Mark H Weaver
2019-07-20 13:47 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-07-20 15:17 ` Robert Vollmert
2019-07-22 9:25 ` Björn Höfling
2019-07-22 10:25 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-09-02 13:10 ` Björn Höfling
2019-09-16 8:00 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-06-26 8:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-02-05 12:15 ` bug#36069: (No Subject) Attila Lendvai
2023-11-03 20:22 ` bug#36069: "cirrus" added to VM initrd modules Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
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