This topic has been discussed quite a bit on this mailing list. Long story short, SmartOS is not a workstation OS and there is no infrastructure to support a local non-text display off the video card in the host you're running SmartOS. It's simply the wrong tool for the job.
On Thursday, September 24, 2015, Jonathan Poff <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, this is my first post here. > > I recently bought an i7 desktop for personal use and I'm thinking of > booting with SmartOS instead of a traditional OS. > > Platform wise, I intend to use Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS/Slackware ...) > alongside Windows 7. > > The box has 16GB RAM, 256GB(?) SSD and nVidia Quadro K2200 gfx card. > > I'm planning to use OpenGL and CUDA for AI and video projects and hoping > to avoid platform specific code as far as possible. > > I have 2 or 3 years experience developing on Solaris 10 and am a big fan > of dtrace. > > I'd be interested to hear any opinion on whether this is a) a brilliant > idea or b) a fool's errand. In particular I'm wondering how SmartOS > virtualization (and VMs in general) might cope with the OpenGL/CUDA API's > and direct access to texture memory etc. I have zero experience of using > VM's to access specialized hardware. > > Cheers, > Jono > > > ------------------------------ > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended recipient. > It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal > or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this > transmission. > If you are not an intended recipient, you may not use, disseminate, > distribute or reproduce such email, any attachments, or any part thereof. > If you have received a message in error, please notify the sender > immediately and erase all copies of the message and any attachments. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or > corrupted during transmission nor can we guarantee that any email or any > attachments are free from computer viruses or other conditions which may > damage or interfere with recipient data, hardware or software. The > recipient relies upon its own procedures and assumes all risk of use and of > opening any attachments. > ------------------------------ > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/22267710-cec26c41> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
