Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1290558] color issue (ppc as guest)

[Joe Mert]

Hi Mark,

thank you for taking some time!

a) 
Yes, the color issue is exactly the same for qemu 1.6.0 with darwinppc-602.cdr 
from https://opensource.apple.com/static/iso/
command used: 

qemu-system-ppc -snapshot -L  -hda /Users/joe/darwinppc-602.cdr -g
1280x1024x32

I have tried some additional options like the g3beige but without
effect; maybe I haven't tried all of them yet…

The color seems to be wrong right from the very first apperance of the opening 
guest window, even before anything is (visibly) beeing booted. The color depth 
changes the way in which colors are off: 
32: boot screen deep yellow at first,  colors mixed up in always the same 
consistent way, otherwise system seems to be fully usable.  
24, 16: bright yellow at first, then funny distorted apple logo screen, than 
unreadible, text(?) in same color as background…  
8: somewhat normal at first but turns into extremly unusable greyscale later 
on, feels more like bad 4bit. 
Please let me know if you can reproduce that or if I should take a screen move 
for example.  

b)
I would need some help installing a newer version of qemu than 1.6.0. For 
1.6.0, I got the attached info file which shows all dependencies to compile and 
install easily via fink. ( http://www.finkproject.org ) Can you provide 
something similar for qemu 2.0.0rc0 or tell me where/how to get it? Or 
alternatively, do you see any outdated (even for 1.6.0) dependencies in that 
info file that could account for that error? Then, would simply rebuilding help?
Again, I am guessing what might be involved outside qemu, but I am NOT an 
expert an any of that. 

Thank you very much for your help!

Best,
Joe.  



On 12.03.2014, at 08:37, Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-
address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Joe,
> 
> Thanks for the bug report. A few things to try:
> 
> - Can you confirm that you see the same color issue when booting a Darwin ISO 
> such as darwinppc-602.iso?
> - Do you still see the same the issue with QEMU git master as 1.6 is fairly 
> old now?
> 
> Using the Darwin image above, I do not see the color issue in the above
> posts on my Linux x86-64 machine. If it is still present for you, you'll
> need to give more information about the libraries used to build your
> QEMU and your host (perhaps it is something specific to OS X and/or your
> build environment?).
> 
> 
> ATB,
> 
> Mark.
> 
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> Title:
>  color issue (ppc as guest)
> 
> Status in QEMU:
>  New
> 
> Bug description:
>  Hi,
> 
>  on my qemu 1.6.1 -- installed via fink on host Mac OS X 10.8 -- guest 
> PowerPc with Mac OS X 10.4 from original install disk, boots fine but I 
> observe a color issue exactly as described here: 
>  http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=3197
>  http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=3189
> 
>  Has the problem been reported and/or fixed already? Is any workaround known 
> or has one been suggested? 
>  I apologize for a "fuzzy" problem description, but I am not an expert user. 
> You may get in touch with me directly at address@hidden
> 
>  Thanks,
>  Joe.
> 
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Title:
  color issue (ppc as guest)

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  on my qemu 1.6.1 -- installed via fink on host Mac OS X 10.8 -- guest PowerPc 
with Mac OS X 10.4 from original install disk, boots fine but I observe a color 
issue exactly as described here: 
  http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=3197
  http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=3189

  Has the problem been reported and/or fixed already? Is any workaround known 
or has one been suggested? 
  I apologize for a "fuzzy" problem description, but I am not an expert user. 
You may get in touch with me directly at address@hidden

  Thanks,
  Joe.

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