I launched a Linux Mint liveDVD in QEMU like so: qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -enable-kvm -drive if=virtio,file=Mint_18.2_HDA.qcow2,cache=none -cdrom linuxmint-18.2- cinnamon-64bit.iso
and noticed a warning popping up informing me Cinnamon is running without video hardware acceleration available and everything will be rendered in software. I've had a similar experience when running Cinnamon on VirtualBox on a quite old 32bit desktop, but thought this i7 laptop + QEMU may fair better. Another annoying thing was the bottom of the screen was cropped off and to see the main menu and toolbar I have to move the mouse past the bottom edge of the window. The visual aperture is smaller than the desktop screen size. I don't know if this in anyway related to the above warning. Anyway, is there a setting I could enable to have hardware acceleration on QEMU, or have I come across a hardware limitation of this laptop? Grateful for any pointers. -- Regards, Mick
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