One problem is that the emulated Cirrus card apparently only has 4MB of video RAM, which effectively limits the 24/32-bit depth resolutions to 1152x864. You could probably go higher with 16-bit color instead.
I've been trying to use the alternate "-vga std" and "-vga vmware" display devices, which should both support higher resolutions, but haven't had much luck with them. The Ubuntu boot splash screens don't display in either mode, and the guest system appears to hang. They'll boot if I remove the "quiet splash" options from the kernel command line in GRUB, but I haven't had success in getting Xorg to load after getting to the login prompt. I've had some success in getting the "-vga std" virtual adapter to work under QEMU (0.10.0-1ubuntu1), but haven't had it working with KVM (1:84 +dfsg-0ubuntu11). I've let it boot up to the command prompt, then ran "sudo modprobe virtio_console" and then did "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart", and it worked once or twice. However, I've been trying to run on a x86_64/amd64 host with "-cpu core2duo" in both cases (using qemu- system-x86_64 for the QEMU guest). -- limited screen resolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349331 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
