Fails to start X in 64-bit QEMU with Cirrus video adapter
Originally created by @aaafarnf on #7478 (Redmine)
Hello!
New Tails 1.0.1 fails to start X11 in QEMU-KVM
Host system - Debian Wheezy amd64 with backported kernel:
uname -a
Linux home 3.14-0.bpo.1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.14.5-1~bpo70+1
(2014-06-05) x86_64 GNU/Linux
kvm —version
QEMU emulator version 1.1.2 (qemu-kvm-1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u3, Debian)
Steps to reproduce:
$ kvm -m 1024 -cdrom tails-i386-1.0.1.iso
Result: X11 fails to start
$ kvm -m 1024 -cdrom tails-i386-1.0.iso
Result: Works fine
Different virtual video cards didn’t change situation. Same image under
VirtualBox works fine.
I don’t now how to get xorg.log
Related issues
- Related to #7171 (closed)