Arch Linux Video Drivers over VM

How is everyone doing? First time posting so please let me know if i missed a similar topic for this

I'm trying to install the GUI for my Arch Linux VM so i can use the graphical console to help ease my way into learning Arch better (I'm coming from Ubuntu and FreeBSD so i've catching the learning curve)

Well the install of the actually xorg went fine but i'm not sure which of these video drivers to use and i know better than to just randomly install things i have no idea what the outcome is

Here is my putty session

[root@li202-203 home]# pacman -S xorg-twm xterm xorg-xclock

resolving dependencies…

looking for conflicting packages…

Packages (9) libutempter-1.1.6-2 libxaw-1.0.13-1 libxft-2.3.2-1

libxpm-3.5.11-1 xbitmaps-1.1.1-3 xorg-luit-1.1.1-2

xorg-twm-1.0.9-1 xorg-xclock-1.0.7-1 xterm-324-2

Total Download Size: 0.86 MiB

Total Installed Size: 3.43 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y

:: Retrieving packages…

xorg-twm-1.0.9-1-x86_64 92.0 KiB 920K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%

libxft-2.3.2-1-x86_64 44.2 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [######################] 100%

libxpm-3.5.11-1-x86_64 48.6 KiB 15.8M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%

libxaw-1.0.13-1-x86_64 332.5 KiB 4.27M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%

xorg-luit-1.1.1-2-x… 19.1 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [######################] 100%

xbitmaps-1.1.1-3-any 24.2 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [######################] 100%

libutempter-1.1.6-2… 7.3 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [######################] 100%

xterm-324-2-x86_64 288.8 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [######################] 100%

xorg-xclock-1.0.7-1… 25.0 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [######################] 100%

(9/9) checking keys in keyring [######################] 100%

(9/9) checking package integrity [######################] 100%

(9/9) loading package files [######################] 100%

(9/9) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%

(9/9) checking available disk space [######################] 100%

:: Processing package changes…

(1/9) installing xorg-twm [######################] 100%

(2/9) installing libxft [######################] 100%

(3/9) installing libxpm [######################] 100%

(4/9) installing libxaw [######################] 100%

(5/9) installing xorg-luit [######################] 100%

(6/9) installing xbitmaps [######################] 100%

(7/9) installing libutempter [######################] 100%

(8/9) installing xterm [######################] 100%

(9/9) installing xorg-xclock [######################] 100%

[root@li202-203 home]# lspci | grep VGA

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Device 1234:1111 (rev 02)

[root@li202-203 home]# pacman -Ss | grep xf86-video

extra/xf86-video-amdgpu 1.1.0-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-apm 1.2.5-7

extra/xf86-video-ark 0.7.5-7 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-chips 1.2.6-2

extra/xf86-video-dummy 0.3.7-5 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-fbdev 0.4.4-5 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-glint 1.2.8-7 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-i128 1.3.6-7 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-i740 1.3.4-7

extra/xf86-video-intel 1:2.99.917+645+g88733a7-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-mach64 6.9.5-2 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-neomagic 1.2.9-2 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.12-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-nv 2.1.20-7 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-openchrome 0.4.0-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-r128 6.10.1-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-rendition 4.2.6-1

extra/xf86-video-s3 0.6.5-7

extra/xf86-video-s3virge 1.10.7-2

extra/xf86-video-savage 2.3.8-2 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-siliconmotion 1.7.8-2 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-sis 0.10.8-2 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-sisusb 0.9.6-7

extra/xf86-video-tdfx 1.4.5-7 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-trident 1.3.7-2 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-tseng 1.2.5-7

extra/xf86-video-vesa 2.3.4-2 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-vmware 13.1.0-3 (xorg-drivers xorg)

extra/xf86-video-voodoo 1.2.5-7 (xorg-drivers xorg)

[root@li202-203 home]# lspci -d 1af4:1050 -knn

[root@li202-203 home]# grep vga /etc/libvirt/qemu/Rawhide.xml

grep: /etc/libvirt/qemu/Rawhide.xml: No such file or directory

[root@li202-203 home]# lspci -d 1234:1111 -knn

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Device [1234:1111] (rev 02)

Subsystem: Red Hat, Inc Device [1af4:1100]

lspci: Unable to load libkmod resources: error -12

[root@li202-203 home]# lspci -d 1af4:1100 -knn

[root@li202-203 home]# lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)

00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]

00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II]

00:01.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Device 1234:1111 (rev 02)

00:03.0 SCSI storage controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio SCSI

00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc Virtio network device

I'm not sure which drivers go for that Generic driver for text that shows up in "00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Device 1234:1111 (rev 02)"

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