Is it possible to increase the screen resolution of my xen guest Win Vista? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Nicolas Michel wrote:> Is it possible to increase the screen resolution of my xen guest Win > Vista?No, it''s hard-wired (well, hard-coded) to 800x600. You''re much better off using RDP (remote desktop). jch _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On current Xen, with stdvga=1 & videoram=16, resolutions up to 2048x1536x32 are possible. There''s never been any 800x600 "hardcoding" for HVM guests in regular xen - even with the cirrus model, resolutions up to 1280x1024 are available. If the resoltion in Vista is "locked" to 800x600, that must be some distro-specific tweak. All that said, the RDP suggestion is probably a better way to access the guest in any case. -- Trolle On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:59 AM, John Haxby <john.haxby@oracle.com> wrote:> Nicolas Michel wrote: > >> Is it possible to increase the screen resolution of my xen guest Win >> Vista? >> > > No, it''s hard-wired (well, hard-coded) to 800x600. > > You''re much better off using RDP (remote desktop). > > jch > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Trolle Selander wrote:> On current Xen, with stdvga=1 & videoram=16, resolutions up to > 2048x1536x32 are possible. There''s never been any 800x600 "hardcoding" > for HVM guests in regular xen - even with the cirrus model, > resolutions up to 1280x1024 are available. If the resoltion in Vista > is "locked" to 800x600, that must be some distro-specific tweak.You''re right, of course -- I had got confused with the pv vnc framebuffer. Again :-)> All that said, the RDP suggestion is probably a better way to access > the guest in any case.You generally get rather better performance that way although there are odd cases where network connectivity will conspire against you (mostly when you have a separate management LAN). jch _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I''ve always favored RDP for everything post-setup/console, as using the Xen implementation of VNC seems to usually create significant CPU load on the Dom0. If you must use VNC, install VNCserver on the DomU itself, and the load issue disappears. Best Regards Nathan Eisenberg Sr. Systems Administrator Atlas Networks, LLC support@atlasnetworks.us http://support.atlasnetworks.us/portal -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of John Haxby Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:45 AM To: Trolle Selander Cc: Nicolas Michel; xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Screen resolution - Vista Trolle Selander wrote:> On current Xen, with stdvga=1 & videoram=16, resolutions up to > 2048x1536x32 are possible. There''s never been any 800x600 "hardcoding" > for HVM guests in regular xen - even with the cirrus model, > resolutions up to 1280x1024 are available. If the resoltion in Vista > is "locked" to 800x600, that must be some distro-specific tweak.You''re right, of course -- I had got confused with the pv vnc framebuffer. Again :-)> All that said, the RDP suggestion is probably a better way to access > the guest in any case.You generally get rather better performance that way although there are odd cases where network connectivity will conspire against you (mostly when you have a separate management LAN). jch _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us> wrote:> If you must use VNC, install VNCserver on the DomU itself, and the load issue disappears.Which VNC sever works on Vista/Win2008/Win7? AFAIK tightvnc does not work. -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Doh, forgot about the vista/2k8 requirement! Thank You, Nathan Eisenberg Sr. Systems Administrator Atlas Networks, LLC Atlas Networks is an Atlas Accelerator Company -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Fajar A. Nugraha Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 6:47 PM To: Xen User-List Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Screen resolution - Vista On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us> wrote:> If you must use VNC, install VNCserver on the DomU itself, and the load issue disappears.Which VNC sever works on Vista/Win2008/Win7? AFAIK tightvnc does not work. -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users