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| author | bellard <bellard@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162> | 2006-06-21 21:19:50 +0000 |
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| committer | bellard <bellard@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162> | 2006-06-21 21:19:50 +0000 |
| commit | 3cb0853ad7105efdcc15df5ef9bee48d102ca922 (patch) | |
| tree | 89f2600c5682fc91974e2806c820a41192571239 /qemu-doc.texi | |
| parent | 1bdb68ea139143922b2887ccb337dcd9b534aa3c (diff) | |
more info about -std-vga
git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@2002 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index 3da5577886..e4985e26ff 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -556,7 +556,10 @@ images. @item -std-vga Simulate a standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions (default is -Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA) +Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA). If your guest OS supports the VESA 2.0 +VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want to use high +resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use this option. + @item -loadvm file Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor) @end table @@ -1260,6 +1263,11 @@ card. All Windows versions starting from Windows 95 should recognize and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, use 16 bit color depth in the guest and the host OS. +If you are using Windows XP as guest OS and if you want to use high +resolution modes which the Cirrus Logic BIOS does not support (i.e. >= +1280x1024x16), then you should use the VESA VBE virtual graphic card +(option @option{-std-vga}). + @subsubsection CPU usage reduction Windows 9x does not correctly use the CPU HLT |