2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
index 4cfec94d85..129503de63 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
@@ -212,12 +212,14 @@ class TestImage(OESelftestTestCase):
         Author: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
         """
         import subprocess, os
+
+        render_hint = """If /dev/dri/renderD* is absent due to lack of suitable GPU, 'modprobe vgem' will create one sutable for mesa llvmpipe sofware renderer."""
         try:
             content = os.listdir("/dev/dri")
             if len([i for i in content if i.startswith('render')]) == 0:
-                self.skipTest("No render nodes found in /dev/dri: %s" %(content))
+                self.skipTest("No render nodes found in /dev/dri: %s. %s" %(content, render_hint))
         except FileNotFoundError:
-            self.skipTest("/dev/dri directory does not exist; no render nodes available on this machine.")
+            self.skipTest("/dev/dri directory does not exist; no render nodes available on this machine. %s" %(render_hint))
         try:
             dripath = subprocess.check_output("pkg-config --variable=dridriverdir dri", shell=True)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index 0976273eb0..c467b0eb19 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ of the following environment variables (in any order):
     gl - enable virgl-based GL acceleration (also needs gtk or sdl options)
     gl-es - enable virgl-based GL acceleration, using OpenGL ES (also needs gtk or sdl options)
     egl-headless - enable headless EGL output; use vnc (via publicvnc option) or spice to see it
+    (hint: if /dev/dri/renderD* is absent due to lack of suitable GPU, 'modprobe vgem' will create
+    one sutable for mesa llvmpipe sofware renderer)
     serial - enable a serial console on /dev/ttyS0
     serialstdio - enable a serial console on the console (regardless of graphics mode)
     slirp - enable user networking, no root privileges is required