clownix wrote: > I do not understand the need here, any application such as wireshark, > firefox ... can be run graphically with ony a ssh and xforwarding, why > exactly would we need a link to the real hardware? Err, the answer is in the original question: >>>> Does anybody knows if is doable to run X in uml (not Xnest or similars) ?
Antoine > Le lundi 28 décembre 2009 à 14:47 +0700, Antoine Martin a écrit : >> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
