On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 04:47:35AM +0100, waben...@gmail.com wrote > waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > > > I'm now at the configuring-the-kernel stage of the Gentoo guest > > install. I had originally expected to pull in the .config from the > > host machine, make a few tweaks, and get going. However, it appears > > that multiple video and sound and network cards are supported, none > > of which match those on the host. Which ones do people recommend > > selecting? > > > > That's what I'm using to start qemu: > > qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm -cpu host -m 4096 -enable-kvm -name > vm-01 -net nic,model=virtio -net user,hostfwd=tcp::2022-:22 -localtime -hda > /path/to/image.qcow2 -display gtk -vga vmware
I can't get X to work on the guest. Text console is OK, but no X. I
ticked support for cirrus, bochs, qxl, and vmware emulation in the guest
kernel. I wonder if I missed something. I also emerged the
corresponding X drivers. vmware was a pain because I had to rebuild mesa
and other stuff to emerge the vmware video driver.
File-attached are Xorg logs for failed attempts with vga=
cirrus/std/vmware. QEMU refused to start when I specified -vga qxl.
The vmware log looks like it started X properly, but it immediately
dumped me out, and gave an all-red QEMU window. I ssh'd in from the
host to set up the next card. I know that the all-red window was a text
console. To reboot, I blindly typed "su -", followed by root password,
followed by "halt -p", and the QEMU session halted.
I use the following script to boot up Gentoo on the guest. I cycled
through all 4 cards...
#!/bin/bash
qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm \
-cpu host -display gtk -vga cirrus \
-drive file=gentoo32.img,format=raw \
-drive file=linuxswap.img,format=raw \
-net nic,model=virtio \
-rtc base=localtime,clock=host \
-net user,hostname=gentoovm,hostfwd=tcp::2022-:22 \
-m 3G -monitor stdio -name "Gentoo VM" \
-parallel none \
${@
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Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
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