Hi, upstream git HEAD appears to have regressed with -vga vmware -vnc.
If I run ./qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -vnc :1 -m 1024 -cdrom ~/trusty-desktop-amd64.iso -vga vmware then tightvncviewer gives me: Connected to RFB server, using protocol version 3.8 No authentication needed Authentication successful Desktop name "QEMU" VNC server default format: 32 bits per pixel. Least significant byte first in each pixel. True colour: max red 255 green 255 blue 255, shift red 16 green 8 blue 0 Using default colormap which is TrueColor. Pixel format: 32 bits per pixel. Least significant byte first in each pixel. True colour: max red 255 green 255 blue 255, shift red 16 green 8 blue 0 Same machine: preferring raw encoding Rect too large: 16x4 at (2352, 1766) gvncviewer simply says 'Disconnected from server'. It works fine if I don't use -vga vmware. I bisected it to commit 12b316d: ui/vnc: optimize dirty bitmap tracking -serge