11-Beta1 problem with virtual KVM

[Karl Denninger]

On 7/11/2016 11:54, Ruben Kerkhof wrote:
> Dear Karl,
>
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 3:24 AM, Karl Denninger <karl at denninger.net> wrote:
>> It looks like the VGA "synthetic" adapter that the system is outputting
>> on for the console now has one extra scan line.
>>
>> This results in the last line being half cut-off on my java-based
>> KVM.... very annoying and it makes it extremely difficult to work on the
>> system via it.
>>
>> This was *not* a problem with 10.x; it's a new issue for 11.
>>
>> Ideas to fix?  Setting rows does not do it.
> FWIW, I'm seeing the same on various Supermicro KVMs.
> This is indeed very annoying since it hides the prompt.
>
> I've been planning to open an issue in BZ but haven't had the time yet.
>
It also impacts a real monitor; I had to resize the screen that I had
used on one of my test machines for quite some time.  It appears they
changed the scan line count or something similar in the  driver.

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