On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:18:53AM +0100, Joe wrote: > Anyway the issue was related to a misunderstanding of qemu man page: > -------- > -vga type > Select type of VGA card to emulate. Valid values for type are > > cirrus > Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions > starting from Windows 95 should recognize > and use this graphic card. For optimal performances, > use 16 bit color depth in the guest and > the host OS. (This one is the default) > -----------
Yeah, cirrus used to be the default, but not anymore. The docs need to be fixed, I'll prepare a patch. > I noticed "-vga std" seems better than "cirrus", due to a higher > resolution: I'm trying to use autocad under XP virtualized by qemu > and high resolution would be appreciated. Yeah, I suppose 'std' should be the best option for XP. Berto
