From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D3897158094 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2022 06:30:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 85B64E07EF; Sat, 20 Aug 2022 06:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from barracuda.ebox.ca (barracuda.ebox.ca [96.127.255.19]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5DCCE07D0 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2022 06:30:01 +0000 (UTC) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1660977000-0c856e06b1c6ab0001-LfjuLa Received: from smtp.ebox.ca (smtp.ebox.ca [96.127.255.82]) by barracuda.ebox.ca with ESMTP id Th2G1eW0rQwi1EUX (version=TLSv1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:30:00 -0400 (EDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org X-Barracuda-RBL-Trusted-Forwarder: 96.127.255.82 Received: from waltdnes.org (unknown [198.58.217.41]) by smtp.ebox.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 3F891441B21 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:29:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:30:01 -0400 X-Barracuda-RBL-IP: 198.58.217.41 X-Barracuda-Effective-Source-IP: 198-58-217-41.on.cable.ebox.net[198.58.217.41] X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 198.58.217.41 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:30:01 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox question on Thinkpad laptop Message-ID: X-ASG-Orig-Subj: VirtualBox question on Thinkpad laptop 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Barracuda-Connect: smtp.ebox.ca[96.127.255.82] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1660977000 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: AES128-SHA X-Barracuda-URL: https://96.127.255.19:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at ebox.ca X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 947 X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.0 tests=BSF_SC0_SA717 X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.100200 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.00 BSF_SC0_SA717 Custom Rule BSF_SC0_SA717 X-Archives-Salt: 8a816951-4df7-4aee-8bb1-8e9cfd835aa2 X-Archives-Hash: 8819123edbd9a930c36c5f4328e23051 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 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications