From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60DEA1381F3 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:35:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 31BC1E0A00; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:35:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23940E098A for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:35:11 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFG4rxNq/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IfAQU6HDMLIRMSDwUlN4gRwS2NYYJIYQONfogOhX6IcIFegxM X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFG4rxNq/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IfAQU6HDMLIRMSDwUlN4gRwS2NYYJIYQONfogOhX6IcIFegxM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="19861005" Received: from 184-175-19-106.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([184.175.19.106]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2013 19:35:04 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:35:06 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:35:06 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU setup questions Message-ID: <20130725233505.GB10966@waltdnes.org> References: <20130724095025.GA24229@waltdnes.org> <20130725032451.GA26319@waltdnes.org> <51F0A695.6090407@fastmail.co.uk> <20130725085401.GA2303@waltdnes.org> <51F0ED35.6090706@fastmail.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51F0ED35.6090706@fastmail.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: e17ef392-2e54-4a42-aeba-8df7ba1324e2 X-Archives-Hash: e7b8a4fa572598c144e4667f5cc3252e On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:17:41AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote > That's correct if you want optimal performance in > X.org. The best option is -vga vmware in conjunction with > x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware. The last time I used qemu a few years ago, I ended up running wine from the guest as an X client, using the host's display. The display was native, and faster than the emulation. I also didn't have to build the full-blown X-server on the guest. Here are my latest scripts/commands 1) The install startup script #!/bin/bash sudo /usr/bin/qemu-kvm \ -vga vmware \ -vnc :2 \ -redir tcp:60022::22 \ -cpu qemu32 \ -m 3072 \ -hda sda.raw -hdb sdb.raw -cdrom installx86.iso -boot d 2) Launching vncviewer vncviewer localhost:2 3) ssh from the guest to the host ssh root@localhost 4) ssh from the host to the guest ssh -p 60022 root@localhost -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications