Re: Haiku on VM such as qemu?

Andrew McCall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Using qemu under Windows, I just get the pretty Hiaku boto screen,
> then nothing else....
> 
> Do I have to choose the VESA driver manually or something?

Have you changed the Bootscript to load the app_server and the 
MiniTerminal in contrast to the fake_app_server and consoled?

Furthermore, the app_server currently has a hard-coded screen 
resolution - you have to select a matching one in the boot menu (or 
provide it as vesa settings file, just like on BeOS).

Unfortunately, the qemu graphics card does not seem to provide 
640x480x32 as an alternative, so you definitely have to change the 
resolution in the app_server in order to use it.
In Desktop.cpp::Initialize() a new Screen object will be created - set 
this to the resolution you choose for VESA, and it'll work.

Also, don't forget to not enable the Bochs debug output in the kernel 
settings file (in contrast to Bochs, but it's disabled by default), and 
use the "-serial stdio" parameter with qemu to see the kernel debug 
output (and be able to use the kernel debugger).

Bye,
   Axel.



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