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diff --git a/mailinglist/output_launchpad/1858623 b/mailinglist/output_launchpad/1858623 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..85350719 --- /dev/null +++ b/mailinglist/output_launchpad/1858623 @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +VNC outputs garbage in zlib mode + +TL;DR: When QEMU is launched with VNC as the output and viewed with a client that defaults to zlib VNC encoding, the resulting output tends to accumulate artifacts. + +Reproduction: +Launch QEMU (tried with versions 4.2.0 and 4.1.0 on Linux 64bit) with -vnc 0.0.0.0:0 +Connect to it with a VNC client that allows you to select encoding, i.e. UltraVNC. +Set encoding to zlib (type 6), 32bit color. +As screen content changes it starts accumulating artifacts. Almost certain to appear if you open-close windows over a pattern. +Does not seem to depend on guest used, but easier to reproduce with a GUI. + +Looks like this: https://orbides.org/img/vnc.png + +It appears to be a deflate glitch of some sort - all of the bad pixels are generated by length/distance codes. Can't narrow it down any more. + +The QEMU project is currently considering to move its bug tracking to +another system. For this we need to know which bugs are still valid +and which could be closed already. Thus we are setting older bugs to +"Incomplete" now. + +If you still think this bug report here is valid, then please switch +the state back to "New" within the next 60 days, otherwise this report +will be marked as "Expired". Or please mark it as "Fix Released" if +the problem has been solved with a newer version of QEMU already. + +Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience. + + +[Expired for QEMU because there has been no activity for 60 days.] + |