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Re: [Xen-devel] [Xen-4.0.0] domU screen corruption on switching consoles

To: Arvind R <arvino55@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [Xen-4.0.0] domU screen corruption on switching consoles
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:39:04 +0300
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On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 05:09:29PM +0530, Arvind R wrote:
> Hi,
> Got a domU running 2.6.32.3 pvops kernel. This is perfectly fine on dom0
> (2.6.32.10 pvops) witn xen-3.4rc3 hypervisor.
> 

So the domU is PV (paravirtualized? 

> But with xen-4.0.0 hypervisor, the domU screen is unreadably corrupt
> on switching
> to xm-console (ctrl-alt-2) and back. 

Switching between what? Do you have X running on dom0? 
It's not clear between what you're switching..

Does the domU have pvfb (vfb) graphical framebuffer? 

> Blind commands work - like
> shutdown. The screen
> remains static and corrupt. Can swicth to xm-console which is fine.
> Nothing in logs.
> 

-- Pasi


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