* Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU setup questions
@ 2013-07-25 9:34 99% ` Kerin Millar
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From: Kerin Millar @ 2013-07-25 9:34 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 25/07/2013 10:26, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> 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?
TightVNC but on Windows. I haven't used the Linux version in some time
and incorrectly assumed feature parity. Sorry about that. Regarding the
absence of a toolbar, pressing F8 should expose a menu with a
Ctrl-Alt-Del option.
--Kerin
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