Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
Also, Windows NT support! nice touch :) On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 10:00 AM Skip Tavakkolian < skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very cool! > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 8:02 AM wrote: > >> vmx(1) documentation in the dash1: >> >> http://fqa.9front.org/fqa8.html#8.7.5.1 >> >> script i use to run openbsd: >> >> http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/rc/openbsd >> >> in my setup opensd is the first hard drive and 9front >> is the second. vmx(1) runs openbsd from the hard drive >> installation. >> >> note: performance is terrible. >> >> sl >> >> >>
Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
Yes, you get full graphics, but performance is terrible (the frame buffer is emulated entirely in software). You can run any browser, and everything works, but probably not fast enough for regular use. I have used Chromium in a pinch to login to Patreon, PayPal, etc. Gimp also works fine (if very, very slowly). I have used it to make edits to 9front propaganda. sl
Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
while we're on the subject, here's a half-assed script called
'inception' to boot your 9front kernel in a vmx instance on a terminal
while sharing the host's fs.
#!/bin/rc
# inception
rfork ne
ramfs
ip=`{ndb/query sys $sysname ip}
aux/listen1 -t 'tcp!*!564' /bin/exportfs -r /root &
cat >/tmp/plan9.ini << EOF
user=$user
fs=$ip
auth=$ip
mouseport=ps2
nobootprompt=tcp
EOF
vmx -v 800x600 -n ether0 -m /tmp/plan9.ini /amd64/9pc64
On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 11:05 AM Kurt H Maier wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 06:57:29PM +0100, Steve Simon wrote:
> > is there any graphics support? would it be usable to run a browser? dillo
> > talking to a framebuffer maybe?
> >
> > ever hopefull of getting modern browser support in plan9...
> >
> > -Steve
>
>
> This is documented in the linked fqa section.
>
> http://fqa.9front.org/openbsdvmweb.png
>
> Note: when sl said performance is terrible, this is what he was talking
> about.
>
> khm
>
Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
I've always found performance to be terrible for OpenBSD even on physical hardware, so I can't really hold that against vmx.. - Dave
Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:57:29 +0100 Steve Simon wrote: > is there any graphics support? would it be usable to run a browser? dillo > talking to a framebuffer maybe? > > ever hopefull of getting modern browser support in plan9... > > -Steve Chrome and Firefox work, if you're willing to wait as the screen repaints. -- Ori Bernstein
Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 06:57:29PM +0100, Steve Simon wrote: > is there any graphics support? would it be usable to run a browser? dillo > talking to a framebuffer maybe? > > ever hopefull of getting modern browser support in plan9... > > -Steve This is documented in the linked fqa section. http://fqa.9front.org/openbsdvmweb.png Note: when sl said performance is terrible, this is what he was talking about. khm
Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
yes to all 4
Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
is there any graphics support? would it be usable to run a browser? dillo talking to a framebuffer maybe? ever hopefull of getting modern browser support in plan9... -Steve > On 10 Sep 2018, at 6:03 pm, G B wrote: > > Thank you. > > On Monday, September 10, 2018, 12:02:23 PM CDT, Skip Tavakkolian > wrote: > > > Very cool! > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 8:02 AM wrote: > vmx(1) documentation in the dash1: > > http://fqa.9front.org/fqa8.html#8.7.5.1 > > script i use to run openbsd: > > http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/rc/openbsd > > in my setup opensd is the first hard drive and 9front > is the second. vmx(1) runs openbsd from the hard drive > installation. > > note: performance is terrible. > > sl > >
Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
Thank you. On Monday, September 10, 2018, 12:02:23 PM CDT, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: Very cool! On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 8:02 AM wrote: vmx(1) documentation in the dash1: http://fqa.9front.org/fqa8.html#8.7.5.1 script i use to run openbsd: http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/rc/openbsd in my setup opensd is the first hard drive and 9front is the second. vmx(1) runs openbsd from the hard drive installation. note: performance is terrible. sl
Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
Very cool! On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 8:02 AM wrote: > vmx(1) documentation in the dash1: > > http://fqa.9front.org/fqa8.html#8.7.5.1 > > script i use to run openbsd: > > http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/rc/openbsd > > in my setup opensd is the first hard drive and 9front > is the second. vmx(1) runs openbsd from the hard drive > installation. > > note: performance is terrible. > > sl > > >
Re: [9fans] 9front VMX
vmx(1) documentation in the dash1: http://fqa.9front.org/fqa8.html#8.7.5.1 script i use to run openbsd: http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/rc/openbsd in my setup opensd is the first hard drive and 9front is the second. vmx(1) runs openbsd from the hard drive installation. note: performance is terrible. sl
[9fans] 9front VMX
I'm interested in trying to run OpenBSD using VMX on 9front. Can someone give me an example of how I'd set this up and run it? % vmx -M 128 -n ether0 bsd Where "bsd" is the OpenBSD 6.2 kernel. I must be missing more to it than just this? Thanks for any help.
