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

[Gerd Hoffmann]

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?

cheers,
  Gerd