window flashes on startup with SDL

[Serge Hallyn]

When using kvm with sdl (i.e. just 'kvm -hda x.img'), then on startup the window flashes and constantly resizes, at least until the vm has started booting.

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

(Marking confirmed after confirmation from Jamie)

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

(Marking low priority as it can be worked around using vnc or simply ignored, and the vm boots anyway)

[Jorik Jonker (jorik-kippendief)]

It seems to me that this has something to do with the desktop setup. My colleagues and I are all using qemu on Precise, but I am the only one running Unity (and the 3D layer, Compiz?). I will try how things are on my non-twinview laptop with an almost identical setup.

[Jorik Jonker (jorik-kippendief)]

I forgot to mention that of my colleagues I seem to be the only one having this problem.

[Jorik Jonker (jorik-kippendief)]

I think I managed to find a way to reproduce this problem:

1 Get a PC capable of doing NVidia TwinView
2 Install Vanilla Ubuntu Precise
3 Configure Xorg to do TwinView
4 Log in (Unity 3D) and use QEmu

My laptop (non-twinview, Precise, Unity) does not have this problem, while I can reproduce the flashing/resizing screen on two PC (twinview, Precise, Unity).

I will use apport-collect to attach my system information

[Jorik Jonker (jorik-kippendief)]

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
KvmCmdLine: Error: command ['ps', '-C', 'kvm', '-F'] failed with exit code 1: UID PID PPID C SZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-26-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro quiet splash apparmor=0 vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Tags: precise running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI ACPI BIOS Revision 2703
dmi.board.name: M3N-HD/HDMI
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.XX
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSM3N-HD/HDMIACPIBIOSRevision2703:bd06/11/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM3N-HD/HDMI:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

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[Kevin (kevin-010)]

This bug makes qemu unusuable on ubuntu via remote-x, since it resizes the window hundreds or thousands of times and each time requires the remote system to redraw the display, which can take several seconds each time.