On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Richard W.M. Jonesrjones@redhat.com wrote:
This is a limitation of the emulated Cirrus Logic graphics card. In the days or yore when those real graphics chipsets existed [I even had one] 800x600 and 1024x768 in 16 bits was regarded as the cutting edge.
Sure, but I can get a window NOW with a resolution I consider reasonable by running qemu-kvm -vga std. Even with the other benefits of virt-manager, I'm tempted to drop it just for the bigger window. I'm actually writing code inside the VMs (long story) and I need room.
I well remember CGA graphics. EGA was great, VGA was greater, and SVGA was just amazing! Except, today, I am used to side-by-side monitors that do 1920x1200. Spoiled? Perhaps.
Eventually we'll have open source SPICE support (PV graphics driver) which massively improves resolution and performance. For example, SPICE can stream videos by recompressing them on the fly between the guest and host.
I don't care about video. I just want room for my accustomed programming tools.
I'm starting to whine. I hate whiners. Thanks for all the work on making virtualization in Fedora better. It really is appreciated, in spite of the whining. :-)