Hi Michael, Kernel is 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u4 . Using systemd or sysvinit-core doesn't appear to matter here. See attached screenshot for systemd.
The workaround (using -vga std on the kvm command line, as mentioned on the user list) did not work for me. I wonder why this report has been set to resolved? Please mail if I can help to track this down. Regards Harri