1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mcp/scripts/lib.sh b/mcp/scripts/lib.sh
index 2038badfd..d2ffaa659 100644
--- a/mcp/scripts/lib.sh
+++ b/mcp/scripts/lib.sh
@@ -336,6 +336,13 @@ function create_vms {
   IFS='|' read -r -a vnodes <<< "$1"; shift
   local vnode_networks=("$@")
 
+  # AArch64: prepare arch specific arguments
+  local virt_extra_args=""
+  if [ "$(uname -i)" = "aarch64" ]; then
+    # No Cirrus VGA on AArch64, use virtio instead
+    virt_extra_args="$virt_extra_args --video=virtio"
+  fi
+
   # create vms with specified options
   for serialized_vnode_data in "${vnodes[@]}"; do
     IFS=',' read -r -a vnode_data <<< "${serialized_vnode_data}"
@@ -356,9 +363,10 @@ function create_vms {
     --cpu host-passthrough --accelerate ${net_args} \
     --disk path="${image_dir}/mcp_${vnode_data[0]}.qcow2",format=qcow2,bus=virtio,cache=none,io=native \
     --os-type linux --os-variant none \
-    --boot hd --nographics --console pty --autostart --noreboot \
+    --boot hd --vnc --console pty --autostart --noreboot \
     --disk path="${image_dir}/mcp_${vnode_data[0]}.iso",device=cdrom \
-    --noautoconsole
+    --noautoconsole \
+    ${virt_extra_args}
   done
 }