From 6b7d0dfb0b6507b4c747e2c93e8e2804e27a1424 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mahesh Kommareddi <mahesh.kommareddi@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 18:41:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Display fix for MacOS x86

---
 QemuVmManager.Core/QemuCommandBuilder.cs | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/QemuVmManager.Core/QemuCommandBuilder.cs b/QemuVmManager.Core/QemuCommandBuilder.cs
index a82ca62..543d7e0 100644
--- a/QemuVmManager.Core/QemuCommandBuilder.cs
+++ b/QemuVmManager.Core/QemuCommandBuilder.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using QemuVmManager.Models;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace QemuVmManager.Core;
 
@@ -230,7 +231,19 @@ public class QemuCommandBuilder
         var display = _config.Display;
         
         _arguments.Add("-display");
-        _arguments.Add(display.Type);
+        
+        // Use appropriate display backend based on OS
+        string displayType = display.Type;
+        if (OperatingSystem.IsMacOS())
+        {
+            // On macOS, GTK is not available, use cocoa instead
+            if (displayType == "gtk")
+            {
+                displayType = "cocoa";
+            }
+        }
+        
+        _arguments.Add(displayType);
         
         _arguments.Add("-vga");
         _arguments.Add(display.Vga);