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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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  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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