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