bug#36069: Menu-based installer unusable through noVNC

[Björn Höfling]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:34:21 +0200
Robert Vollmert <address@hidden> wrote:

> > On 26. Jun 2019, at 22:23, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > Passing “-vga cirrus” reduces the display size.

[..]

> > So presumably the VPS is using an old QEMU or passes -vga cirrus.  
> 
> Great find! Indeed, lspci lists
> 
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446
> 
> Is this something that could be fixed by including a driver for that
> card in the kernel?

Yes, good catch! On my server I find the exact same Cirrus Logic driver
with lspci. Furthermore, when starting locally the QEMU-Instance with
the "-vga cirrus" option, viewing the installer through vinagre shows a
cropped scene (screenshot attached).

Björn

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