Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox question on Thinkpad laptop

2022-08-20 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 03:46:59PM -0600, Grant Taylor wrote > On 8/20/22 12:30 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > > Long-story-short; I run ArcaOS (backwards compatable OS/2 successor) > > as a guest on QEMU on my desktop. > > Aside: Is ArcaOS really a different version of OS/2? Or is it still > 4.x

Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox question on Thinkpad laptop

2022-08-20 Thread Grant Taylor
On 8/20/22 12:30 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: Long-story-short; I run ArcaOS (backwards compatable OS/2 successor) as a guest on QEMU on my desktop. Aside: Is ArcaOS really a different version of OS/2? Or is it still 4.x with patches and updated drivers? I saw extremely little difference, other

Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox question on Thinkpad laptop

2022-08-20 Thread Michael
On Saturday, 20 August 2022 18:57:38 BST Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 09:05:32AM +0100, Michael wrote > > > I've noticed the same problem with a MSWindows VM on a laptop, > > but only when the screen resolution for the VM is anything other > > than full screen on the host. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox question on Thinkpad laptop

2022-08-20 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 09:05:32AM +0100, Michael wrote > I've noticed the same problem with a MSWindows VM on a laptop, > but only when the screen resolution for the VM is anything other > than full screen on the host. Thanks. That clue finally got me going with QEMU, but there are a few

Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox question on Thinkpad laptop

2022-08-20 Thread Michael
On Saturday, 20 August 2022 07:30:01 BST Walter Dnes wrote: > Long-story-short; I run ArcaOS (backwards compatable OS/2 successor) > as a guest on QEMU on my desktop. The Lenovo Thinkpad has the "vmx" cpu > flag, so QEMU is theoretically doable. But the mouse is extremely > flakey, to the

[gentoo-user] VirtualBox question on Thinkpad laptop

2022-08-20 Thread Walter Dnes
Long-story-short; I run ArcaOS (backwards compatable OS/2 successor) as a guest on QEMU on my desktop. The Lenovo Thinkpad has the "vmx" cpu flag, so QEMU is theoretically doable. But the mouse is extremely flakey, to the point of unusability, under QEMU on the Thinkpad. I've tried various