I am coming from ESXI and have decided to start playing with unraid 6 virtualization.

 

I created a Ubuntu 14.10 desktop vm with VM Manger. It installs fine and I can us noVNC to login and see it but the resolution is capped at 1024x768. This is virtual only, no video cards to pass through. My assumption is that this is a driver issue. This always worked in ESXI. My goal is to be able to remote in from various computers/tablets using splashtop or teamviewer, etc.

 

Any way to get the resolution better?

 

<domain type='kvm' id='6'>

  <name>Ubuntu 14.10Desktop</name>

  <uuid>ba70731e-0ca3-5764-d54e-bbd95c95bb40</uuid>

  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>

  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>

  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>

  <resource>

    <partition>/machine</partition>

  </resource>

  <os>

    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.1'>hvm</type>

    <boot dev='cdrom'/>

    <boot dev='hd'/>

  </os>

  <features>

    <acpi/>

    <apic/>

  </features>

  <clock offset='localtime'>

    <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>

    <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>

    <timer name='hpet' present='yes'/>

  </clock>

  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>

  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>

  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>

  <devices>

    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>

    <disk type='file' device='disk'>

      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>

      <source file='/mnt/cache/virtualmachines/Ubuntu 14.10 Desktop.qcow2'/>

      <backingStore/>

      <target dev='hda' bus='virtio'/>

      <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>

    </disk>

    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>

      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>

      <source file='/mnt/cache/ISO/ubuntu-14.10-desktop-amd64.iso'/>

      <backingStore/>

      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>

      <readonly/>

      <alias name='ide0-1-0'/>

      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>

    </disk>

    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>

      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>

      <source file='/mnt/cache/ISO/ubuntu-14.10-desktop-amd64.iso'/>

      <backingStore/>

      <target dev='hdd' bus='ide'/>

      <readonly/>

      <alias name='ide0-1-1'/>

      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='1'/>

    </disk>

    <controller type='usb' index='0'>

      <alias name='usb0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>

    </controller>

    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>

      <alias name='pci.0'/>

    </controller>

    <controller type='ide' index='0'>

      <alias name='ide0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>

    </controller>

    <interface type='bridge'>

      <mac address='52:54:00:ae:de:ca'/>

      <source bridge='br0'/>

      <target dev='vnet0'/>

      <model type='virtio'/>

      <alias name='net0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>

    </interface>

    <serial type='pty'>

      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>

      <target port='0'/>

      <alias name='serial0'/>

    </serial>

    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>

      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>

      <target type='serial' port='0'/>

      <alias name='serial0'/>

    </console>

    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>

      <alias name='input0'/>

    </input>

    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>

    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>

    <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' websocket='5700' listen='0.0.0.0'>

      <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>

    </graphics>

    <video>

      <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>

      <alias name='video0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>

    </video>

    <memballoon model='virtio'>

      <alias name='balloon0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>

    </memballoon>

  </devices>

</domain>

 

 

Try changing video model type from 'cirrus' to 'vmvga'. I found this to me a much better video model for my VMs with Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu.

 

    <video>

      <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>

      <alias name='video0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>

    </video>

Try changing video model type from 'cirrus' to 'vmvga'. I found this to me a much better video model for my VMs with Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu.

 

    <video>

      <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>

      <alias name='video0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>

    </video>

Thanks that fixed a problem that had bugged me for a while on my mythbuntu vm.  Hadn't bothered to really look into it since I don't use the desktop much. Do you know if  there is a downside to using vmvga over cirrus?  Only thing I could think of is it defaults to 800x600.

I haven't found a downside. I switched all my Linux and Windows VMs to vmvga and have not had any issues. Besides the increase in supported resolution settings, vmvga solved some annoying issues with transparency and toolbar flickering in my Linux VMs (maybe that's the same issue you had with your mythbuntu VM). I was actually going suggest that you change from cirrus as the default for new VMs created by your plugin.

Try changing video model type from 'cirrus' to 'vmvga'. I found this to me a much better video model for my VMs with Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu.

 

    <video>

      <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>

      <alias name='video0'/>

      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>

    </video>

 

WORKS!!!!!! Fantastic. Thank you so much. Such an easy fix. I was searching and searching google and for some reason could never come up with this. This should definitely be looked at as being the default. 

I haven't found a downside. I switched all my Linux and Windows VMs to vmvga and have not had any issues. Besides the increase in supported resolution settings, vmvga solved some annoying issues with transparency and toolbar flickering in my Linux VMs (maybe that's the same issue you had with your mythbuntu VM). I was actually going suggest that you change from cirrus as the default for new VMs created by your plugin.

I'll change default to vmvga. Thanks again.