Re: qemu-system-x86: qemu doesn't show window with VM

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Stefan Krusche wrote: 
> Good Day All,
> 
> Problem description:
> 
> When I start qemu with the following command the VM seemingly gets
> started but no window whatsoever shows up. AFAIR it always has worked
> like that before.
> 
> $ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024M -name "Devuan GNU/Linux
> Beowulf" -enable-kvm \
> -vga cirrus -net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp::1926-:22 -cdrom \
> /mnt/somedir/devuan_beowulf_3.0.0_amd64_desktop-live.iso \
> -boot menu=on &
> $ qemu64 -m 1024M -name "eXe GNU/Linux" -enable-kvm -vga cirrus -net nic
> \
> -net
> user,hostfwd=tcp::1921-:22 -cdrom /mnt/isodir/exegnu64_beowulf-20200707.iso
> &

I don't expect an invocation of qemu to open a window, I expect
it to run the VM. 

If you want to see the console of the VM, use virtviewer or
spiceclient or vncviewer as appropriate.

if you want an all-in-one management system, run this via
virtmanager.

-dsr-