Anselm Lingnau wrote: > Rodrigo Baroni wrote: > >> Does anybody knows if is doable to run X in uml (not Xnest or similars) ? > > The problem with this idea is that a »real« X server expects to talk to > graphics hardware of some description. VMware & co. solve this problem by > actually emulating the registers etc. of a suitable graphics chip, but UML > doesn't really deal in hardware; all it does is to present a Linux system > call > interface. > > I suspect the nearest thing to a »real« X server on UML would be something > like Xvnc, which gives you a desktop-type X session that you can connect to > using a VNC client. Adding framebuffer support to UML shouldn't be that hard.
There was a patch which did that (never worked for me), you could then run X with the fbdev driver. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
