Re: [Qemu-devel] vnc regression with -vga vmware

[Peter Lieven]

On 17.03.2014 14:44, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On Fr, 2014-03-14 at 11:06 -0500, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > upstream git HEAD appears to have regressed with -vga vmware -vnc.
> >
> > If I run
> >
> >         ./qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -vnc :1 -m 1024 -cdrom 
> > ~/trusty-desktop-amd64.iso -vga vmware
> >
> > then tightvncviewer gives me:
> >
> > Connected to RFB server, using protocol version 3.8
> > No authentication needed
> > Authentication successful
> > Desktop name "QEMU"
> > VNC server default format:
> > 32 bits per pixel.
> > Least significant byte first in each pixel.
> > True colour: max red 255 green 255 blue 255, shift red 16 green 8
> > blue 0
> > Using default colormap which is TrueColor.  Pixel format:
> > 32 bits per pixel.
> > Least significant byte first in each pixel.
> > True colour: max red 255 green 255 blue 255, shift red 16
> > green 8 blue 0
> > Same machine: preferring raw encoding
> > Rect too large: 16x4 at (2352, 1766)
> >
> > gvncviewer simply says 'Disconnected from server'.
> >
> > It works fine if I don't use -vga vmware.
> >
> > I bisected it to commit 12b316d: ui/vnc: optimize dirty bitmap tracking
> Peter, that is yours, any idea what this is?
not yet, I will have a look. at which resolution does -vga vmware work?

Peter
> cheers,
>    Gerd