The following patch removes check_gfx from qemu's configure as the check it was trying to enforce is no longer valid.
If neither sdl or cocoa are available, the video output for the console will be still available from the vnc server (which can't be disabled). Carlo --- Index: configure =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/qemu/qemu/configure,v retrieving revision 1.165 diff -u -r1.165 configure --- configure 18 Oct 2007 20:51:48 -0000 1.165 +++ configure 23 Oct 2007 01:01:50 -0000 @@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ kqemu="no" profiler="no" cocoa="no" -check_gfx="yes" check_gcc="yes" softmmu="yes" linux_user="no" @@ -276,8 +275,6 @@ ;; --enable-cocoa) cocoa="yes" ; coreaudio="yes" ; sdl="no" ;; - --disable-gfx-check) check_gfx="no" - ;; --disable-gcc-check) check_gcc="no" ;; --disable-system) softmmu="no" @@ -966,12 +963,10 @@ ;; esac -if test "$target_user_only" = "no" -a "$check_gfx" = "yes" \ - -a "$sdl" = "no" -a "$cocoa" = "no" ; then - echo "ERROR: QEMU requires SDL or Cocoa for graphical output" - echo "To build QEMU without graphical output configure with --disable-gfx-check" - echo "Note that this will disable all output from the virtual graphics card." - exit 1; +if test "$target_user_only" = "no" -a "$sdl" = "no" -a "$cocoa" = "no" ; then + echo "WARNING: QEMU requires SDL or Cocoa for graphical output" + echo "Note that in order to be able to attach to the console you'll" + echo "need to start qemu's vncserver with --vnc and use a vnc client." fi #echo "Creating $config_mak, $config_h and $target_dir/Makefile"