POST not displaying for long enough or accepting keyboard commands due to no focus?

[Drew White]

Hi folks,

I try to use the F12 for selecting boot device in the booting of a guest, but that is not functioning.

The POST screen has no delay, thus when you click start, by the time the window for display is created the POST is already well past and it doesn't recognise the key-press.

Then it comes back and says there is no bootable device, even though it has not tried to boot from the extra device that is attached. That is why I would like a boot delay if available please?

Thanks.

Hope that is in Qubes 4.

Sincerely,
Drew.

[awokd]

Not sure if it's possible to F12 a guest like that, but do you have
"debug" enabled for it and are trying it in that window?

[Drew White]

On Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:35:48 UTC+10, awokd wrote:
> Not sure if it's possible to F12 a guest like that, but do you have
> "debug" enabled for it and are trying it in that window?

It is possible if the window displays in enough time.

Don't need debug because it is not in SEAMLESS MODE, only then does it hide all and only accept from the Qubes Video Driver passthrough.

My statements holds true if it's one in debug mode or a standard HVM or an HVM Template. It's always showing the window too late, because it doesn't show the window and then start the VM, it starts the VM and THEN opens a window to display the output.

Know aay way to work around this?