From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox question on Thinkpad laptop
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:30:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YwB/afUtp2f49CfG@waltdnes.org> (raw)
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 tweaks, but no luck. I "asked Mr. Google", but only found
other people with the same problem... and no solution.
Plan B) According to the ARCA NOAE website
https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/arcaos/installation-planning/virtual-machine-configuration/oracle-vm-virtualbox/
ArcaOs can be installed in a VirtualBox VM, masquarading as OS/2 (I did
say it was backwards compatable).
Are there any booby-traps to watch out for? What I'm most concerned
about is the default "qt5" USE flag. Is VirtualBox usable without the
qt5 GUI?
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
next reply other threads:[~2022-08-20 6:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-20 6:30 Walter Dnes [this message]
2022-08-20 8:05 ` [gentoo-user] VirtualBox question on Thinkpad laptop Michael
2022-08-20 17:57 ` Walter Dnes
2022-08-20 18:20 ` Michael
2022-08-20 21:46 ` Grant Taylor
2022-08-21 1:16 ` Walter Dnes
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