Qemu shows a black screen

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When the run following command on the teriminal

qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -m 128M -kernel /home/<name>/linux-3.10.10/arch/arm/boot/uImage

A window with black screen will be opened and remain blank with no messages, but I am expecting Kernel messages on this screen. Please suggest a solution.

Does serial work? And can you try with VNC instead of SDL? I found an SDL-specific bug at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1778182 — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Jun 22 '18 at 07:03

Joe Kul · Answer 1 · 2013-09-07T18:05:04.293

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You have no console. Use '-append "console=tty1"' as shown below. Append gives command line arguments to kernel. Also, after the console issue is fixed, you will probably see a need for a root filesystem; many options exist there, I use a previously-mounted disk image, I have shown a commandline with both below.

qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -m 128M -kernel /home/<name>/linux-3.10.10/arch/arm/boot/uImage -append "console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootfstype=ext3" -drive file=disk.img,if=sd

edited Sep 07 '13 at 18:05

answered Sep 07 '13 at 16:23

Joe Kul

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I have the same problem, and it has changed nothing for me. – user2284570 Oct 21 '13 at 22:41

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '14 at 04:47

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If you are trying to emulate a Raspberry Pi, use follow the advice in Joe Kul's answer, but instead of tty1, use ttyAMA0 instead.

answered Mar 26 '14 at 04:47

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