Re: [Qemu-devel] No video for Windows 2000 guest

[Programmingkid]

> On Aug 9, 2017, at 12:37 PM, Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On 09/08/2017 16:56, Programmingkid wrote:
>> The default vga card not longer works with a Windows 2000 guest. All I see 
>> is a black screen after a the Windows splash screen.
>> 
>> This is the command-line I used: 
>> 
>> qemu-system-i386 -hda Windows2000HD.qcow2 -boot c -m 512
>> 
>> When using the -vga cirrus option video works. Testing was done with QEMU 
>> v2.10.0 rc2. 
> 
> Did it work in 2.9?
> 
> Paolo

I haven't test version QEMU 2.9.0 but I did test version 2.8.0 and it has the 
same problem. Starting up Windows 2000 in VGA mode allowed me to access the 
operating system. Found out QEMU's default video controller is not recognized. 
In the Device Manager I can see a yellow question mark for Video Controller 
(VGA Compatible). I remember Windows 2000 being able to use the default video 
card in QEMU in the past. I may be able to bisect this issue after all.