SVGA/VESA strange colors (NetWare 6.x)
Host environment
- Operating system: Gentoo Linux
- OS/kernel version: 6.4.12
- Architecture: x86/64
- QEMU flavor: qemu-system-i386
- QEMU version: 8.1.0
- QEMU command line:
qemu-system-i386 -cpu pentium3 -m 512 -vga cirrus -net nic,model=pcnet -hda /tmp/NW60_test.qcow2 -cdrom Netware.6.0.ISO -boot d
Emulated/Virtualized environment
- Operating system: NetWare
- OS/kernel version: 6.0
- Architecture: x86
Description of problem
The text mode part of the installation is correct but whenever the X server is starting, the display seems to be in 16 colors although GUI settings shows "SVGA/256 colors" (NetWare setup reports a "SVGA Plug & Play" display, VESA 2.0 compliance expected). Color depth issue with VESA? Telling NetWare to use explicitly the Cirrus Logic driver for a CL GD 5446 bring the display back to normal and colors are displayed as they should.
Steps to reproduce
- Grab a NetWare 6.0 installation ISO on some abandonware site (no need of a license key, unlicensed = 2 users max.)
- Execute the command line above
- Complete the text-mode part (defaults choices are fine)
Additional information
NetWare 6.0 + Qemu => Same issue. SVGA PnP with wrong colors. NetWare 6.5 + Qemu => Same issue. SVGA PnP with wrong colors. NetWare 6.0 + PCem/86Box => does not exhibit the issue. Colors are normal.
Using SeaBIOS 1.16.
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Edited by Adrien Dessemond