Packer: Qemu + Osx

[FRVisser]

I tried the basic qemu example. But I got the error:

2015/10/29 22:02:39 packer-builder-qemu: 2015/10/29 22:02:39 Started Qemu. Pid: 17479
2015/10/29 22:02:39 packer-builder-qemu: 2015/10/29 22:02:39 Qemu stderr:
2015/10/29 22:02:39 packer-builder-qemu: 2015/10/29 22:02:39 Qemu stderr: (process:17479): GLib-WARNING **: gmem.c:482: custom memory allocation vtable not supported
2015/10/29 22:02:39 packer-builder-qemu: 2015/10/29 22:02:39 Qemu stderr: qemu-system-x86_64: -display sdl: SDL support is disabled

I installed qemu via homebrew but I think this is without SDL option. Is there a workaround?

[cbednarski]

@FRVisser Maybe you need to use the --with-sdl option when installing QEMU? Maybe something like this:

brew uninstall qemu
brew install qemu --with-sdl

You can see build options with brew info qemu

[FRVisser]

Thanks for the quick reply. I already tried that but gave up on it eventually. But it actually is the solution. the only problem the uninstall qemu has an error. Executing sudo brew uninstall qemu was the solution.
Thanks! Easy fix!

[vikas027]

As on Feb 2018, it is recommended to use

brew install qemu --with-sdl2

[ksklareski]

As on Feb 2018, it is recommended to use

brew install qemu --with-sdl2

I now have an issue when running this command:

Error: invalid option: --with-sdl2

When I run

brew info qemu

The only option I see is --HEAD

[Chrislevi]

Any news? the problem seems to consist + the --with-sdl option was removed.. any workaround?

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