Graphic console does not work and "[drm:qxl_alloc_bo_reserved [qxl]] *ERROR* failed to allocate VRAM BO" floods /var/log/messages

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Graphic console does not work.
  • The following error messages can be observed repeatedly.
Feb 28 14:04:04 hostname kernel: qxl 0000:00:02.0: object_init failed for (4096, 0x00000001)
Feb 28 14:04:04 hostname kernel: [drm:qxl_alloc_bo_reserved [qxl]] *ERROR* failed to allocate VRAM BO

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red hat Virtualization
  • qxl and SPICE protocol

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