macOS QXL VGA not available
Host environment
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Operating system: macOS Monterey
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OS/kernel version:
Darwin MB-<redacted> 21.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.5.0: Tue Apr 26 21:08:37 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.121.3~4/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64 arm Darwin
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Architecture: aarch64
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QEMU flavor: qemu-system-aarch64
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QEMU version: 7.1.0
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QEMU command line:
qemu-system-aarch64 -machine virt,highmem=off -vga qxl
qemu-system-aarch64 -machine virt,highmem=off -device qxl-vga
Emulated/Virtualized environment
(Not relevant)
Description of problem
qemu-system-aarch64: QXL VGA not available
qemu-system-aarch64: -device qxl-vga: 'qxl-vga' is not a valid device model name
Steps to reproduce
- Build QEMU on macOS with SPICE support (meson)
- Run commands listed above
- Observe QXL not working
Additional information
I'm wiring up QEMU SPICE support on Darwin for Nixpkgs. The same issue can be observed in macports qemu builds with spice. Could this be a packaging issue?