On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 03:43:23PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > If it worked with an earlier version and now you find that the > > guest is detecting new hardware, try forcing the emulation of a > > machine from an older version of QEMU. > > > > For example: > > > > qemu-system-i386 -M pc-i440fx-1.6 -m 2G ... > > > > Type 'qemu-system-i386 -M ?' for a complete list. > > > > I tried various "machines" from that list but the issue still > persists. > > I opened devices manager of XP and selected the yellow question mark > relate to the "video controller (VGA compatible)". Under details > tab, ID hardware, I can read the following code: > > PCI\VEN_1234&DEV_1111&SUBSYS_11001AF4&REV_00
That's the QEMU Standard VGA (PCI ID 1234:1111): https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/master/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt If you use that '-M pc-i440fx-1.6' and omit '-vga std' then you'll get a Cirrus card instead. Berto
