From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:37:12 -0400 Message-ID: <87a7danfos.fsf@netris.org> References: <20190625002420.27685559@alma-ubu> <87v9wtn4u9.fsf@gnu.org> <36FEF9C6-B901-4E6B-920B-00E545A10279@vllmrt.net> <20190625170603.176cb07b@alma-ubu> <20190625155439.hmzw4s6o2pxhwyiw@pelzflorian.localdomain> <20190626185141.3e4639de@alma-ubu> <20190626202351.s2km4b4zt7uwdob7@pelzflorian.localdomain> <73149751-082E-4EB6-89CB-7E242830BDBF@vllmrt.net> <87zhlab5hc.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45584) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hoVvS-0007fl-Py for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:40:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hoVvQ-0000Sx-8P for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:40:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:47674) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hoVvO-0000Rw-IH for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:40:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hoVvO-0007oG-Bq for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:40:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87zhlab5hc.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: Robert Vollmert , 36069@debbugs.gnu.org Hi, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Robert Vollmert skribis: > >>> On 26. Jun 2019, at 22:23, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 06:51:41PM +0200, Bj=C3=B6rn H=C3=B6fling wrote: >>>> What's the conclusion? Maybe that Guix is fine and the VNC-clients are >>>> also fine. It might just be a matter of configuration or using an older >>>> version with bugs? >>>> >>> >>> Passing =E2=80=9C-vga cirrus=E2=80=9D reduces the display size. >>> >>> The command =E2=80=9Cman qemu=E2=80=9D says: >>> >>> -vga type >>> Select type of VGA card to emulate. Valid values for type >>> are >>> >>> cirrus >>> Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions >>> starting from Windows 95 should recognize and use >>> this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 >>> bit color depth in the guest and the host OS. (This >>> card was the default before QEMU 2.2) >>> >>> 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? > > I suppose so. > > Mark, WDYT about adding support for Cirrus VGA cards to the kernel? > What would it take to do so? I know of two kernel configuration options for Cirrus video cards: CONFIG_DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU: Cirrus driver for QEMU emulated device CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS: Cirrus Logic support CONFIG_DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU is enabled as a module in all of our configurations except for 5.2-arm-veyron.conf. CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is enabled as a module in all of our x86_64 and i686 configurations. Is there something else I've overlooked? Thanks, Mark