Re: [Qemu-discuss] vga issue with qemu-system_x86_64 (1.6.1 or 1.7.0)

[emre]

Update:
FYI - Same issue happened with a git clone of qemu
I tried qemu-kvm-1.2.0, and that works, so I have a work-around.

-E

emre wrote:
> If this message should go elsewhere, my apologies.
>
> Very strange problem here.  The vga screen window is blank,
> but the screendumps taken from compatmonitor0 show the screen
> is not blank.
> Tried with a couple of different images (which I know work
> [images ran on another system] and are booting - tested
> linux images via -curses runs fine, and screendumps taken
> with -vga show it is booting also)
>
> This is a newly installed system - slackware 14.1 (3.10.17 kernel) 64 
> bit.
> Running xfce4.10 on i7-3632QM / 12 GB ram / NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE 
> [2GB DDR3]
> I have tried running qemu (compiled on target system - straight 
> ./configure, make, make install) with
> qemu 1.6.1 and 1.7.0 and the problem is identical with both versions.
> Tried -vga cirrus and -vga std, identical results.
>
> Any pointers as to what to look at next?
> I'm stumped right now.
>
> TIA,
> Emre