I haven't responded yet to all the info and ideas in my earlier thread, because I've been trying to get Plan 9 working in QEMU.
First, I tried using 9vx. I found these instructions at http://swtch.com/9vx/ : 9vx-0.12.tar.bz2 is a binary distribution > containing a minimal plan 9 tree and binaries for > freebsd, linux, and os x. > > download, unpack, and then > > cd 9vx-0.12 > ./9vx.Linux -u glenda > > (or 9vx.FreeBSD or 9vx.OSX) > To my surprise, it really was as simple as that! At least, I get the same windows that I got when I had Plan 9 installed in its own partition. I haven't tried to actually do anything with it yet. I did learn that I have to press buttons 1 and 3 together, instead of shift-3, to simulate button 2. Before exploring Plan 9 in 9vx, I wanted to see if I could get it working in QEMU in my Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex system. That was another story. *Challenge 1*: Framebuffer r...@satellite:~# qemu -hda Plan9.qcow.img -cdrom plan9.iso -boot d > > =======================| DirectFB 1.0.1 |======================= > (c) 2001-2007 The DirectFB Organization (directfb.org) > (c) 2000-2004 Convergence (integrated media) GmbH > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2008-09-12 19:59) > (!) Direct/Util: opening '/dev/fb0' and '/dev/fb/0' failed > --> No such file or directory > (!) DirectFB/FBDev: Error opening framebuffer device! > (!) DirectFB/FBDev: Use 'fbdev' option or set FRAMEBUFFER environment > variable. > (!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system' core! > --> Initialization error! > Could not initialize SDL - exiting > Winning response: VGA kernel option in the Ubuntu boot menu *Challenge 2*: Scrambled keyboard Winning response: qemu -hda Plan9.qcow.img -cdrom plan9.iso -boot d -k en-us > *Challenge 3*: Plan 9 hanging up Winning response: I wait a few seconds before responding to each prompt when Plan 9 is starting up. *Challenge 4*: Display size My Ubuntu display is 1024x768. The default size of the Plan 9 display is much smaller, so it wasn't using all the available space on the Ubuntu display. Winning response: I re-installed Plan 9, changing the dimensions at the prompt. I haven't learned yet how to change them from within Plan 9. *Challenge 5*: How to exit from QEMU I haven't found anything in the man pages that works for me. I can go back to the console and do ctrl-c, but I don't like doing that. Current response: qemu -hda Plan9.qcow.img -cdrom plan9.iso -boot d -k en-us -no-reboot > Now, when I do "fshalt -r" in Plan 9, it exits from QEMU. *Challenge 6*: How to use kqemu. I see this message when I run qemu: Could not open '/dev/kqemu' - QEMU acceleration layer not activated: No such > file or directory > I've done some research, but I'm still confused about whether kqemu is included in Intrepid Ibex, and if so how to activate it. When I installed Plan 9, it took more than an hour to format 2GB.
