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From: Wim Langers <wim.langers@adrias.biz>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 21:54:11 +0200
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Subject: Re: X11 QEMU/KVM screen resolution
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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
>>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default"><font size=
=3D"2">I&#39;m using KVM with Spice and QXL.=C2=A0 And it did work fine unt=
il I upgraded Alpine (no other packages installed or anything changed other=
wise)</font></div><div class=3D"gmail_default"><font size=3D"2"><br></font>=
</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:x-small"><font size=
=3D"2">Wim</font><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D=
"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 4:27 PM Cosmo Borsky &lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:me@cosmoborsky.com">me@cosmoborsky.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>=
</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;b=
order-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>What kind of v=
irtualization are you using? Qemu? VMware?<br>Check the video driver you ar=
e passing into the Alpine instance.<br>For example, I use `qxl` often with =
qemu.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On September 4, 2019 2:02:00 PM UTC=
, Wim Langers &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:wim.langers@adrias.biz" target=3D"_blan=
k">wim.langers@adrias.biz</a>&gt; wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pad=
ding-left:1ex">
<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><font size=3D"2">My maximum screen resolution in the =
(Alpine Linux) VM is stuck at 1024x768 ?<br></font></div><div><font size=3D=
"2"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"2">After having &quot;googled&quot;=
 and finding myself chasing my own t(r)ail, have come here for advice.</fon=
t></div><div><font size=3D"2"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"2">phase =
1 :</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">- installed Alpine Linux v3.9 on Leno=
vo Carbon X1 (rev 5) and=C2=A0 X11, DWM, KVM,...</font></div><div><font siz=
e=3D"2">- installed Alpine Linux v3.9 in a VM and X11, DWM, KVM,...</font><=
/div><div><font size=3D"2">- installed Windows 10<br></font></div><div><fon=
t size=3D"2">=3D&gt; everything worked fine (remote-viewer)</font></div><di=
v><font size=3D"2"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"2">phase 2 :</font><=
/div><div><font size=3D"2">- update/upgrade Alpine Linux v3.9 on host and g=
uest</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">=3D&gt; screen resolution on Alpine =
Linux VM limited to 1024x768, Windows 10 fine</font></div><div><font size=
=3D"2"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"2">experiments, experiments, exp=
eriments (several weeks of...)</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">- also upg=
raded everything to Alpine Linux 3.10, also tried edge, nothing helps</font=
></div><div><font size=3D"2">- also tried installing another linux distro (=
in a VM), same problem<br></font></div><div><font size=3D"2"><br></font></d=
iv><div><font size=3D"2">What stomps me is that Windows 10 VM is working fi=
ne (except for the one time I installed the &quot;latest and greatest&quot;=
 spice-guest-tools =3D&gt; also 1024 x 768)<br></font></div><div><font size=
=3D"2"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Any help/pointers appreciated=
</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"2">W=
im</font><font size=3D"2"><br></font></div></div>
</blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div>

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