Re: [Qemu-discuss] Graphics problems

[Ottavio Caruso]

On 9 September 2012 03:53, Basil Huffman <address@hidden> wrote:
> I am on a Windows 7 machine, trying to install the latest version of Fedora
> using QEMU manager. The initial screen looks ok, BIOS comes up and the iso
> file is being booted from. When I start the installation however, the QEMU
> screen seems to hang and I get the impression from looking at some of the
> scrambled portions of the screen, that this is a graphics issue. I am using
> a generic video card "Standard VGA Card" and have this selected in the
> options. Is there a known issue here or how can I push through this and get
> it to work?

Boot the VM using a batch script and this command line option:
-vga cirrus.

As per manual "For optimal performances, use 16 bit color depth in the
guest and the host OS. (This one is the default) "