Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 3/3] cirrus: Fix host CPU blits

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> > For anything using kernel 3.14+ IMO the answer to pretty much *any* gfx
> > issue is "use stdvga instead of cirrus".  3.14 got a kms driver for the
> > qemu stdvga (bochsdrm), so the modesetting driver and all the modern
> > stuff such as root-less X server works with the stdvga too.  And the
> > constrains cirrus has (due to emulating existing, old hardware) are
> > gone.
> 
> Thats good news. For older Linuxs it seems that also -vga vmware is a good 
> alternative.
> The only thing that is a bit odd is that the X.Org driver automatically 
> switches to the maximum
> resolution at start.

Hmm, it should not to that.  bochsdrmfb explicitly orders 1024x768 to
the top of the list to make it the default, while keeping the other
resolutions available so you can easily switch via xrandr if you want.

Note that it also might be some desktop component switching via xrandr,
not the xorg modesetting driver.  Xorg logfile will probably tell.

cheers,
  Gerd