QEMU 0.12 is pretty much outdated - has this been fixed in a newer version of QEMU? I.e. do you think we can close this bug nowadays?
** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589231 Title: cirrus vga is very slow in qemu-kvm-0.12 Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: As has been reported multiple times (*), there were a regression in qemu-kvm from 0.11 to 0.12, which causes significant slowdown in cirrus vga emulation. For windows guests, where "standard VGA" driver works reasonable well, -vga std is a good workaround. But for e.g. linux guests, where vesa driver is painfully slow by its own, that's not a solution. (*) debian qemu-kvm bug report #574988: http://bugs.debian.org/574988#17 debian qemu bugreport (might be related): http://bugs.debian.org/575720 kvm mailinglist thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm@vger.kernel.org/msg33459.html another kvm ml thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm@vger.kernel.org/msg32744.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/589231/+subscriptions