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On Sunday 16 Jul 2017 22:49:54 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 16:20:15 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > Another annoying thing was the bottom of the screen was cropped off and |
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> > to see the main menu and toolbar I have to move the mouse past the |
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> > bottom edge of the window. The visual aperture is smaller than the |
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> > desktop screen size. I don't know if this in anyway related to the |
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> > above warning. |
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> I see that one regularly, the desktop is 1024x768 but the display is |
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> 1024x720. simply change the display to 1024x720 in Mint's prefs or use a |
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> different video card emulation, such as vmware, by adding "-vga vmware" |
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> to your options. |
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Thanks Neil, I'll try this out when I boot it up next time. Meanwhile, I'm |
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not sure if the virtio drivers in the kernel are meant for guest kernels only, |
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or if I should have them enabled on the host's. |
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This is the modules I have enabled on the host which is VT-x capable: |
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# grep -e DMAR -e IOMMU -e VIRT /usr/src/linux/.config |
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CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING=y |
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CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN=y |
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CONFIG_HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN=y |
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# CONFIG_GART_IOMMU is not set |
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# CONFIG_CALGARY_IOMMU is not set |
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CONFIG_IOMMU_HELPER=y |
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CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS=y |
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CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=m |
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CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=m |
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# CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE is not set |
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# CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIRTIO is not set |
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# CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU is not set |
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# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set |
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# CONFIG_SND_VIRTUOSO is not set |
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# CONFIG_VIRT_DRIVERS is not set |
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CONFIG_VIRTIO=m |
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# CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI is not set |
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# CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON is not set |
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# CONFIG_VIRTIO_INPUT is not set |
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# CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO is not set |
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CONFIG_IOMMU_API=y |
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CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT=y |
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# Generic IOMMU Pagetable Support |
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CONFIG_IOMMU_IOVA=y |
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# CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU is not set |
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CONFIG_DMAR_TABLE=y |
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CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU=y |
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CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_SVM=y |
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CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_DEFAULT_ON=y |
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CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_FLOPPY_WA=y |
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# CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL is not set |
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# CONFIG_IOMMU_STRESS is not set |
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CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION=y |
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The CPU has vmx, but not vmd: |
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processor : 7 |
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vendor_id : GenuineIntel |
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cpu family : 6 |
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model : 30 |
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model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz |
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stepping : 5 |
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microcode : 0x7 |
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cpu MHz : 933.000 |
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cache size : 6144 KB |
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physical id : 0 |
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siblings : 8 |
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core id : 3 |
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cpu cores : 4 |
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apicid : 7 |
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initial apicid : 7 |
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fpu : yes |
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fpu_exception : yes |
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cpuid level : 11 |
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wp : yes |
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flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov |
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pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm |
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constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc |
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aperfmperf eagerfpu pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr |
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pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid dtherm |
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ida |
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bugs : |
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bogomips : 3191.45 |
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clflush size : 64 |
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cache_alignment : 64 |
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address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual |
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power management: |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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