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-rw-r--r--hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c
index 952820a425..29d20b0132 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ static void virtio_gpu_gl_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev)
 
 static void virtio_gpu_gl_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
 {
+    ERRP_GUARD();
     VirtIOGPU *g = VIRTIO_GPU(qdev);
 
 #if HOST_BIG_ENDIAN
@@ -119,7 +120,12 @@ static void virtio_gpu_gl_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
     }
 
     if (!display_opengl) {
-        error_setg(errp, "opengl is not available");
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "The display backend does not have OpenGL support enabled");
+        error_append_hint(errp,
+                          "It can be enabled with '-display BACKEND,gl=on' "
+                          "where BACKEND is the name of the display backend "
+                          "to use.\n");
         return;
     }