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

[Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de>]

Am Montag, 20. September 2021 schrieb Thomas Schmitt:
> Hi,
>
> Stefan Krusche wrote:
> > 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.
>
> That's my memory too. The script for my Sid VM has option -nographic
> to prevent such a qemu window from showing up.
>
>
> https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/qemu-system-x86/qemu-system-x86_
>64.1.en.html
>
>   -nographic
>     Normally, if QEMU is compiled with graphical window support, it
>     displays output such as guest graphics, guest console, and the
> QEMU monitor in a window. With this option, you can totally disable
> graphical output so that QEMU is a simple command line application.
> ...
>
> > $ qemu-system-x86_64 [...] -vga cirrus [...]
>
> Did you try whether you get a window without option -vga cirrus ?

I have got it. The hint to the graphics brought me on the right track. I
needed to install package qemu-system-gui to get the wanted behaviour
that qemu starts in a window.

Thanks everybody!

Cheers,
Stefan