Re: qemu-kvm question

[Michael Hill <mdhillca gmail com>]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Michael Hill <mdhillca gmail com> wrote:
> I'm attempting to boot OSTree using the QEMU method. It works on
> Fedora using this command line:
>
> qemu-kvm -vga vmware -cpu core2duo -M pc-0.15 -kernel
> /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) -initrd /boot/initramfs-ostree-$(uname
> -r).img -hda ostree-qemu.img -m 1024M -vga vmware -append
> 'rd.plymouth=0 root=/dev/sda ostree=current ' -monitor stdio
>
> I'd prefer to get it running on openSUSE so I can take it on my
> laptop. It fails with this error (run as root with or without DISPLAY
> set):
>
> (qemu) Could not initialize SDL(No available video device) - exiting

Added DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY to the Defaults line in /etc/sudoers
before running 'su -' in the terminal, and it works.

Mike