Re: [Xen-users] VNC, framebuffer at boot

[Jim <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Henning Sprang wrote:
> On 2/1/07, Jim <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I try to boot some Ubuntu live CD or Mandriva Live CD in full 
> > virtualization
> > > mode (domU, then), but their boot prompt are mostly "framebuffered".
> > > When I connect to the domU through VNC, I see nothing but a black 
> > window.
> > > What workaround should be used?
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > Try a different distro.  I found that booting Ubuntu in SuSE 10.2
> > produced an unreadable display, however it looked fine booting from a
> > FC6 system.
> While I have some of the major distributions at hand here and will try
> it later, a lot of people won't want to change their main distribution
> because of this.
I agree, that's not the ideal way of fixing the problem, but it worked 
for me.
> So, maybe it can be solved another way, therefore some questions:
> - Did you use the same domU config files on both?
> - which Xen packages and versions did you use (as well on the failing
> system as on the successful system).
In both cases I used the Xen packages that came with the OS.  The domU 
config files were similar, but not identical.  The differences were in 
the disk layout, which I don't think would make a difference.  No 
differences in the graphical settings.
> - was the display "unreadable" or actually just blank? (my symptoms
> were that it was just blank)
Unreadable.  Text was just a smear or only parts of the letters showed 
up in one case.  Blank in another.  I booting multiple distros to see 
what would happen.  The set was Ubuntu, SuSE 93, Centos 4.4, Debian 
sarge and FC6.  I dont' recall the details of each at this time, however.
> I can't  tell anymore, on which distributions I had the problems, I am
> playing around with quite some of them, but i will see what fedora
> brings...
>
> Henning
Keep us posted.

Jim.

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