Increase maximum screen resolution on Haiku on VMware Fusion for Mac

Diver · November 29, 2020, 7:36pm

Ah, yes. That is a known issue with haikuporter. You need to clean a work dir if you tried to build a recipe and then it was updated. You can do that with:

haikuporter vmware_addons --clean

victordomingos · November 29, 2020, 7:45pm

Yeah. Now it builds and installs. Thanks! It was the first time I have ever used haikuporter.

Regarding the source file with the list of display modes, I don’t know what are all those numbers:

  { { 210640, 1920, 1952, 2752, 2784, 1440, 1470, 1482, 1513, 0 }, B_RGB32_LITTLE, 1920, 1440, 0, 0, MODE_FLAGS }, /* 1920x1440@50Hz */
  { { 245600, 2048, 2080, 3008, 3040, 1536, 1568, 1581, 1613, 0 }, B_RGB32_LITTLE, 2048, 1536, 0, 0, MODE_FLAGS }, /* 2048x1536@50Hz */
  { { 319750, 3440, 3488, 3520, 3600, 1440, 1443, 1453, 1481, 0 }, B_RGB32_LITTLE, 3440, 1440, 0, 0, MODE_FLAGS }, /* 3440x1440@60Hz */

I looked through other files and did not find where display_mode is defined. Is it part of some Haiku specific API?

I wanted to try 3072x1920@60GHz with 32bit color.

Diver · November 29, 2020, 8:46pm

I only remember that I had copied display mode for my laptop from this file:

github.com

haiku/haiku/blob/master/src/add-ons/accelerants/common/create_display_modes.cpp

/*
 * Copyright 2007-2014, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de.
 * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
 */


#include <create_display_modes.h>

#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#include <compute_display_timing.h>
#include <video_overlay.h>


#define	POSITIVE_SYNC \
	(B_POSITIVE_HSYNC | B_POSITIVE_VSYNC)
#define MODE_FLAGS \
	(B_8_BIT_DAC | B_HARDWARE_CURSOR | B_PARALLEL_ACCESS | B_DPMS \

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Not sure how to generate a new record. Hopefully, somebody can chime in.

Diver · November 29, 2020, 8:59pm

Maybe you can try one of those online modeline calculators? Like https://arachnoid.com/modelines/

cocobean · November 29, 2020, 9:30pm

You’d want to pull display modes from Parallel or some Mac screen display tool for custom resolutions.
The display mode info is modeline info for HSync/VSync. Apple and other OEMs usually stick that info
in the laptop manuals (or tech docs).

Example only (this is NOT accurate for the  new 2020 Mac Pro 13' or 16' laptops, not tested):
{ { 2XXXXX, 2560, 2752, 3024, 3488, 1440, 1443, 1448, 1493, 0 }, B_RGB32_LITTLE, 2560, 1440, 0, 0, MODE_FLAGS }, /* 2560x1440@60Hz */
{ { 2XXXXX, 2560, 2760, 3032, 3504, 1600, 1603, 1609, 1658, 0 }, B_RGB32_LITTLE, 2560, 1600, 0, 0, MODE_FLAGS }, /* 2560x1600@60Hz */
{ { 3XXXXX, 3072, 3312, 3648, 4224, 1920, 1923, 1929, 1989, 0 }, B_RGB32_LITTLE, 3072, 1920, 0, 0, MODE_FLAGS }, /* 3072x1920@60Hz */
{ { 3XXXXX, 3840, 4128, 4544, 5248, 1600, 1603, 1613, 1658, 0 }, B_RGB32_LITTLE, 3840, 1600, 0, 0, MODE_FLAGS }, /* 3840x1600@60Hz */
{ { 3XXXXX, 3840, 4160, 4576, 5312, 2160, 2163, 2168, 2237, 0 }, B_RGB32_LITTLE, 3840, 2160, 0, 0, MODE_FLAGS }, /* 3840x2160@60Hz */

victordomingos · November 29, 2020, 11:15pm

No success until now, unfortunately. In Parallels I get a reasonable image quality by selecting a resolution (3584x2240) that is weirdly higher than the native one. It even allows for higher resolutions, but this one has worked fine for me, with nice crisp details.

In contrast, the best I am able to get in VMware Fusion is a somewhat blurry picture, which is sad because otherwise it is performing well enough (despite the fact that it also has no sound).

Diver · November 30, 2020, 6:19am

I think you can get those values by running screenmode -m in Haiku running in Parallels.

victordomingos · December 2, 2020, 10:49pm

Well, I decided to quit on this one, after getting a discounted price for another year on Parallels. I was not able to make it work properly on VMware Fusion, but it would be great to have it one day.

Begasus · March 17, 2023, 6:57pm

Managed to get the native resolution on my laptop in VMWare Player by selecting “specify monitor settings” and entering the native resolution in there, dropped the environment to 16b color, enabled sound by editing the vmx file in Windows, works fine in full-screen now (both 32bit and 64bit).

PS. @BiPolar those guys produce a LOT of noice!

victordomingos · March 17, 2023, 10:56pm

Currently, I have managed to get haiku to Work in full resolution in VMware but I am out of luck in Parallels.

BiPolar · March 18, 2023, 12:24am

If your hears aren’t bleeding… it ain’t Metal enough!

\m/ \m/

(for the more melodic-inclined… try Carcass’ “Heartwork” or “Swansong” albums)

VoloDroid · June 13, 2024, 2:42pm

Can you share your .vmx file for that one (or just part of it related to svga)? Unfortunately VMware Fusion doesn’t allow to configure the resolution.

Begasus · June 13, 2024, 2:53pm

No idea anymore, it has been a while since I launched Haiku in a VM (aside from these days in qemu on Haiku itself). Sorry

VoloDroid · June 13, 2024, 5:39pm

No worries, I’ve realised you had 1920x1080, while I’m trying to enable 2880x1800 (physical display resolution on my Retina laptop), without luck though. I have Haiku running directly on that MacBook with the specified resolution, and I’m trying to achieve the same in the VMWare Fusion.