Launch Android x86 with Qemu default option "-vga std" results to black screen

[Chieh-Min Wang]

Hi,

I was trying to run Android_x86 4.4 rc-3 images with qemu-kvm. However, I always get black screen using "-vga std" option. If I change the "-vga" option to "cirrus" or "spice", everything works fine. I tried both Qemu 2.3 and 2.4, neither of them works. I have a project base on Qemu "-vga std" driver, I need to manage "-vga std" to work. What can I do to resolve the problem?

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2015-12-02 13:55 GMT+08:00 Chieh-Min Wang <chieh...@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I was trying to run Android_x86 4.4 rc-3 images with qemu-kvm. However, I always get black screen using "-vga std" option. If I change the "-vga" option to "cirrus" or "spice", everything works fine. I tried both Qemu 2.3 and 2.4, neither of them works. I have a project base on Qemu "-vga std" driver, I need to manage "-vga std" to work. What can I do to resolve the problem?

I don't see such a problem. It works fine for me.

This is how I run the qemu for android-x86:

qemu-kvm -sdl -m 2048 -vga std -soundhw ac97 -net nic,model=e1000 -net user \
-hda $HOME/qemu/android.img \
-boot menu=on \
-cdrom android_x86.iso

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Chih-Wei
Android-x86 project
http://www.android-x86.org

[Chieh-Min Wang]

I tried your option but still getting the same black screen. However, when I tried Android 5.1 rc1 image, it works fine for me. What could the problem be?

[Chieh-Min Wang]

After I downgraded the kernel from 4.0.8 to 3.18 and rebuilt, the black screen issue is resolved now.