From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 10:59:24 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: vmspawn: do not pass console=hvc0 in GUI mode
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=610d8c3dfc80811e92e6f89101b1b42987c84fdc;p=thirdparty%2Fsystemd.git

vmspawn: do not pass console=hvc0 in GUI mode

This breaks when using qemu's GUI mode. Follow mkosi's example.

Follow-up for 773ca1def8f79a8509bf0846de9d75902ca31f79
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diff --git a/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c b/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
index 06f6961b1a8..c2be2c80388 100644
--- a/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
+++ b/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
@@ -2451,9 +2451,11 @@ static int run_virtual_machine(int kvm_device_fd, int vhost_device_fd) {
                         return log_oom();
         }
 
-        r = strv_prepend(&arg_kernel_cmdline_extra, "console=hvc0");
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_oom();
+        if (arg_console_mode != CONSOLE_GUI) {
+                r = strv_prepend(&arg_kernel_cmdline_extra, "console=hvc0");
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return log_oom();
+        }
 
         for (size_t j = 0; j < arg_runtime_mounts.n_mounts; j++) {
                 RuntimeMount *m = arg_runtime_mounts.mounts + j;