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Bug 1005036 - When using “-vga qxl” together with “-display vnc=:5” or “-display sdl” qemu displays pixel garbage
Summary: When using “-vga qxl” together with “-display vnc=:5” or “-display sdl” qemu...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: qemu-kvm
Version: 7.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Gerd Hoffmann
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 1018661 (view as bug list)
Depends On: 948717 1005037
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-09-06 05:20 UTC by Gerd Hoffmann
Modified: 2014-06-18 03:36 UTC (History)
20 users (show)

Fixed In Version: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-9.el7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of: 948717
Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-06-13 13:18:39 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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pixel garbage when using qxl (391.57 KB, image/png)
2013-12-19 03:31 UTC, huiqingding 		no flags Details
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Description Gerd Hoffmann 2013-09-06 05:20:11 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #948717 +++

qemu-1.4.0-11.fc18.x86_64 from  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository

kernel-3.8.3-203.fc18.x86_64

qemu command line:

ionice -c 3 qemu-kvm -enable-kvm -m 2048M -smp 1 -drive file=./Fedora-19-Alpha-TC4-x86_64-netinst-test.iso.qcow2,index=0,media=disk,cache=unsafe -localtime -serial file:/tmp/qemu-Fedora-19-Alpha-TC4-x86_64-netinst-test.iso.qcow2-output.log -name Fedora-19-Alpha-TC4-x86_64-netinst-test.iso.qcow2 -cdrom /local/mfabian/iso/Fedora-19-Alpha-TC4/Fedora-19-Alpha-TC4-x86_64-netinst.iso -boot c -vga qxl -display vnc=:5 -net nic -net user,hostname=Fedora-19-Alpha-TC4-x86_64-netinst-test.iso.qcow2,hostfwd=tcp::5562-:22 -monitor stdio -usb

The above commandline has “-display vnc=:5”, the problem occurs
with “-display sdl” as well though.

The result is pixel garbage, see attached  screen shot.

When using “-vga std” or  “-vga cirrus” instead  of “-vga qxl” it works
fine, no pixel garbage.

--- Additional comment from Cole Robinson on 2013-04-14 21:55:06 CEST ---

I can reproduce with upstream. Grab F19 boot.iso here:

https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/19-Alpha-TC6/Fedora/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso

And run:

./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -vga qxl -display sdl -cdrom ~/boot.iso -m 2048

Doing -device qxl works fine though. I also tried an F16 live cd I had hanging around and that worked fine, so maybe it's an F19 driver issue.

Alon, Gerd, thoughts?

--- Additional comment from Cole Robinson on 2013-05-28 01:01:01 CEST ---

Ping, any spice folks want to weigh in on this? Granted qxl->vnc shouldn't be a common setup, but people tend to try it out if hitting graphical issues and wanting to eliminate spice from the equation (for better or worse).

--- Additional comment from Steve Tyler on 2013-07-31 15:33:52 CEST ---

Confirming severe display corruption with the "-vga qxl" option.
With the "-vga std" option, there is no corruption.

By blindly clicking in the upper right corner, pressing the down-arrow four times, and pressing Enter twice, it is possible to power off the VM, if the corrupt display shows parts of the Welcome dialog.

Steps to reproduce:
$ qemu-kvm -m 4096 -cdrom ~/xfr/fedora/F19/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-19-1.iso -vga qxl

Version:
qemu-1.4.2-4.fc19.x86_64
kernel 3.10.3-300.fc19.x86_64

--- Additional comment from Jan Kratochvil on 2013-08-19 20:36:29 CEST ---

qemu-system-x86-1.4.2-5.fc19.x86_64
tigervnc-1.3.0-3.fc19.x86_64
/usr/bin/qemu-kvm -m 2048 -cdrom Fedora-19-x86_64-DVD.iso -boot d -vnc :10 -vga qxl

--- Additional comment from Mike FABIAN on 2013-08-31 08:07:40 CEST ---

The problem still exists with Fedora-20-Alpha-TC2-x86_64-netinst.iso
and qemu-1.6.0-5.fc19.x86_64
Comment 2 Gerd Hoffmann 2013-09-12 09:18:37 UTC 
patches posted.
Comment 3 Miroslav Rezanina 2013-10-10 11:33:15 UTC 
Fix included in qemu-kvm-1.5.3-9.el7
Comment 4 Gerd Hoffmann 2013-10-17 08:40:04 UTC 
*** Bug 1018661 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 huiqingding 2013-12-19 03:29:22 UTC 
Reproduce this bug using the following version:
host kernel: kernel-3.10.0-63.el7.x86_64
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-8.el7.x86_64

1. Boot a guest with "-vga qxl -vnc :1"
# ionice -c 3 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -M q35 -nodefaults -cpu SandyBridge -enable-kvm -m 2048 -smp 8,sockets=2,cores=2,threads=2 -name rhel7 -uuid 6afa5f93-2d4f-420f-81c6-e5fdddbd1c83 -drive file=/home/RHEL-7.0-20131127.1.qcow2_v3-bak,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=qcow2,serial=40c061dd-5d60-4fc5-865f-55db700407f0,werror=stop,rerror=stop,aio=threads -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0  -vga qxl -vnc :1 -monitor stdio -spice port=5900,disable-ticketing  -qmp tcp:0:4445,server,nowait -netdev tap,id=hostnet0,ifname=guest14,script=/etc/ovs-ifup,downscript=/etc/ovs-ifdown,vhost=on -device virtio-net,netdev=hostnet0,mac=54:52:1b:35:3c:16,id=test

Actual results:
The screen has pixel garbage, see attached screen shot.


Additional info:
Start guest with "-vga std -vnc :1" and "-vga cirrus -vnc: 1" and not hit this bug.
Comment 7 huiqingding 2013-12-19 03:31:29 UTC 
Created attachment 838745 [details]
pixel garbage when using qxl
Comment 8 huiqingding 2013-12-19 03:37:00 UTC 
Reproduce this bug using the following version:
host kernel: kernel-3.10.0-63.el7.x86_64
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-24.el7.x86_64

1. Boot a guest with "-vga qxl -vnc :1"
# ionice -c 3 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -M q35 -nodefaults -cpu SandyBridge -enable-kvm -m 2048 -smp 8,sockets=2,cores=2,threads=2 -name rhel7 -uuid 6afa5f93-2d4f-420f-81c6-e5fdddbd1c83 -drive file=/home/RHEL-7.0-20131127.1.qcow2_v3-bak,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=qcow2,serial=40c061dd-5d60-4fc5-865f-55db700407f0,werror=stop,rerror=stop,aio=threads -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0  -vga qxl -vnc :1 -monitor stdio -spice port=5900,disable-ticketing  -qmp tcp:0:4445,server,nowait -netdev tap,id=hostnet0,ifname=guest14,script=/etc/ovs-ifup,downscript=/etc/ovs-ifdown,vhost=on -device virtio-net,netdev=hostnet0,mac=54:52:1b:35:3c:16,id=test

Actual results:
The screen has no pixel garbage.


Additional info:
Start guest with "-vga std -vnc :1" and "-vga cirrus -vnc: 1" and the screen has no pixel garbage.

Based on the above result, I think this bug is fixed.
Comment 10 Ludek Smid 2014-06-13 13:18:39 UTC 
This request was resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0.

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