[libvirt] Can't scale XP on remote

[Robert L Cochran]

On 06/07/2009 10:53 PM, sean darcy wrote:
> Robert L Cochran wrote:
>> I don't understand the distinction you are making between the 
>> "Server" and the "laptop". Are these separate physical machines? Can 
>> you explain this more -- what is this "Server" and how does it 
>> function? I'm wondering if I'm missing something important in my own 
>> virtualization work.
>>
>> How did you get libvirt 0.6.4? I only have 0.6.2:
>>
>> [rlc at deafeng3 ~]$ rpm -q libvirt
>> libvirt-0.6.2-11.fc11.x86_64
>>
>>
>> Perhaps you got it through updates-testing?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On 06/07/2009 05:21 PM, sean darcy wrote:
>>> Just starting out with an XP guest on Fedora 11 kvm. I'm using 
>>> virt-manager to connect from a laptop.
>>>
>>> Server:
>>> kernel-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64
>>> qemu-*-0.10.50-6.kvm86.fc11.x86_64
>>> libvirt-0.6.4-2.fc11.x86_64
>>>
>>> On the laptop:
>>> virt-manager-0.7.0-5.fc11.i586
>>> libvirt-0.6.2-11.fc11.i586
>>>
>>> The console comes, and XP runs fine. But, screen is scaled too large 
>>> vertically for my laptop screen which is 1280x800.  Only with 
>>> fullscreen can I see the bottom menu bar. I would have assumed I 
>>> could change the size of the screen (even if not the aspect ratio), 
>>> but I can't.
>>>
>>> Am I doing something wrong, or is this just The Way Things Are?
>>>
>>> sean
>>>
>
> The server is a desktop server that runs qemu-kvm and libvirt. I 
> connect to that server from my laptop using virt-manager.
>
> For newer spins, koji is your friend. Try 
> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=104926, get the 
> src.rpm and rebuild.
>
> BTW, top-posting makes posts hard to read,
>
> sean
>
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Thank you Sean, I just never thought about a separate virtualization 
server. Makes perfect sense. And I've learned something new.

Bob

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