My maximum screen resolution in the (Alpine Linux) VM is stuck at 1024x768 ?
After having "googled" and finding myself chasing my own t(r)ail, have come
here for advice.
phase 1 :
- installed Alpine Linux v3.9 on Lenovo Carbon X1 (rev 5) and X11, DWM,
KVM,...
- installed Alpine Linux v3.9 in a VM and X11, DWM, KVM,...
- installed Windows 10
=> everything worked fine (remote-viewer)
phase 2 :
- update/upgrade Alpine Linux v3.9 on host and guest
=> screen resolution on Alpine Linux VM limited to 1024x768, Windows 10 fine
experiments, experiments, experiments (several weeks of...)
- also upgraded everything to Alpine Linux 3.10, also tried edge, nothing
helps
- also tried installing another linux distro (in a VM), same problem
What stomps me is that Windows 10 VM is working fine (except for the one
time I installed the "latest and greatest" spice-guest-tools => also 1024 x
768)
Any help/pointers appreciated
Wim
What kind of virtualization are you using? Qemu? VMware?
Check the video driver you are passing into the Alpine instance.
For example, I use `qxl` often with qemu.
On September 4, 2019 2:02:00 PM UTC, Wim Langers <wim.langers@adrias.biz> wrote:
>My maximum screen resolution in the (Alpine Linux) VM is stuck at>1024x768 ?>>After having "googled" and finding myself chasing my own t(r)ail, have>come>here for advice.>>phase 1 :>- installed Alpine Linux v3.9 on Lenovo Carbon X1 (rev 5) and X11,>DWM,>KVM,...>- installed Alpine Linux v3.9 in a VM and X11, DWM, KVM,...>- installed Windows 10>=> everything worked fine (remote-viewer)>>phase 2 :>- update/upgrade Alpine Linux v3.9 on host and guest>=> screen resolution on Alpine Linux VM limited to 1024x768, Windows 10>fine>>experiments, experiments, experiments (several weeks of...)>- also upgraded everything to Alpine Linux 3.10, also tried edge,>nothing>helps>- also tried installing another linux distro (in a VM), same problem>>What stomps me is that Windows 10 VM is working fine (except for the>one>time I installed the "latest and greatest" spice-guest-tools => also>1024 x>768)>>Any help/pointers appreciated>>Wim
I'm using KVM with Spice and QXL. And it did work fine until I upgraded
Alpine (no other packages installed or anything changed otherwise)
Wim
On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 4:27 PM Cosmo Borsky <me@cosmoborsky.com> wrote:
> What kind of virtualization are you using? Qemu? VMware?> Check the video driver you are passing into the Alpine instance.> For example, I use `qxl` often with qemu.>> On September 4, 2019 2:02:00 PM UTC, Wim Langers <wim.langers@adrias.biz>> wrote:>>>> My maximum screen resolution in the (Alpine Linux) VM is stuck at>> 1024x768 ?>>>> After having "googled" and finding myself chasing my own t(r)ail, have>> come here for advice.>>>> phase 1 :>> - installed Alpine Linux v3.9 on Lenovo Carbon X1 (rev 5) and X11, DWM,>> KVM,...>> - installed Alpine Linux v3.9 in a VM and X11, DWM, KVM,...>> - installed Windows 10>> => everything worked fine (remote-viewer)>>>> phase 2 :>> - update/upgrade Alpine Linux v3.9 on host and guest>> => screen resolution on Alpine Linux VM limited to 1024x768, Windows 10>> fine>>>> experiments, experiments, experiments (several weeks of...)>> - also upgraded everything to Alpine Linux 3.10, also tried edge, nothing>> helps>> - also tried installing another linux distro (in a VM), same problem>>>> What stomps me is that Windows 10 VM is working fine (except for the one>> time I installed the "latest and greatest" spice-guest-tools => also 1024 x>> 768)>>>> Any help/pointers appreciated>>>> Wim>>>
Found the solution
try : replace (in the qemu command to fire up the vm) -vga qxl by -device
qxl-vga,max_outputs=1
close your eyes, click your heels 3 times and whisper "I want to go home"
Wim
On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 9:54 PM Wim Langers <wim.langers@adrias.biz> wrote:
> I'm using KVM with Spice and QXL. And it did work fine until I upgraded> Alpine (no other packages installed or anything changed otherwise)>> Wim>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 4:27 PM Cosmo Borsky <me@cosmoborsky.com> wrote:>>> What kind of virtualization are you using? Qemu? VMware?>> Check the video driver you are passing into the Alpine instance.>> For example, I use `qxl` often with qemu.>>>> On September 4, 2019 2:02:00 PM UTC, Wim Langers <wim.langers@adrias.biz>>> wrote:>>>>>> My maximum screen resolution in the (Alpine Linux) VM is stuck at>>> 1024x768 ?>>>>>> After having "googled" and finding myself chasing my own t(r)ail, have>>> come here for advice.>>>>>> phase 1 :>>> - installed Alpine Linux v3.9 on Lenovo Carbon X1 (rev 5) and X11, DWM,>>> KVM,...>>> - installed Alpine Linux v3.9 in a VM and X11, DWM, KVM,...>>> - installed Windows 10>>> => everything worked fine (remote-viewer)>>>>>> phase 2 :>>> - update/upgrade Alpine Linux v3.9 on host and guest>>> => screen resolution on Alpine Linux VM limited to 1024x768, Windows 10>>> fine>>>>>> experiments, experiments, experiments (several weeks of...)>>> - also upgraded everything to Alpine Linux 3.10, also tried edge,>>> nothing helps>>> - also tried installing another linux distro (in a VM), same problem>>>>>> What stomps me is that Windows 10 VM is working fine (except for the one>>> time I installed the "latest and greatest" spice-guest-tools => also 1024 x>>> 768)>>>>>> Any help/pointers appreciated>>>>>> Wim>>>>>