Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU setup questions

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

On Thu, July 25, 2013 11:17, Kerin Millar wrote:
> On 25/07/2013 09:54, Walter Dnes wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 05:16:21AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote

>>    I stumbled over the solution to my final problem by accident.  When
>> booting off the install cd, you have 15 seconds to "hit any key", or
>> else it'll try to boot off the "hard drive".  Given that I haven't
>> installed yet, it'll try to boot off the blank pseudo "hard drive", and
>> fail.  Pressing any key will stop the timer.  I prefer to type in...
>
> Just as on a real PC you can issue Ctrl+Alt+Del to have it reboot again
> (without respawning qemu). Look for the three-finger-salute icon on the
> toolbar.

Which toolbar?

>> * One more minor annoyance and workaround... the initial vncviewer
>>    screen is a 720x400 xterm.  The install thinks it's in a 1024x768
>>    framebuffer, so you get the bottom and right edges of the output
>>    clipped.  As soon the penguin logo appears, you can close the xterm
>>    containing the vncviewer output, and open another vncviewer with the
>>    same command as the original.  This new copy senses the correct
>>    "screensize" and you can go on with your install.
>
> That's odd. The VNC client should dynamically change the size of its
> window as appropriate.

Not all VNC-clients do this.
Which do you use?

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Joost