Re: [9front] First time 9front start with qemu

[Bengt Kleberg <bengt.kleberg@travelping.com>]

Thank you for the very prompt answer.

Yes, my host is an ARM computer, Mac Mini with MacOS.

To use drawterm I would need a computer/VM with 9front, which I do not have.

Best Wishes,
bengt

On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 at 15:53, Jacob Moody <moody@posixcafe.org> wrote:
>
> On 3/20/24 05:45, Bengt Kleberg wrote:
> > Greetings and sorry about the delay in answering.
> > Many, but not all, 9front list-mails ended up in my spam filter. I found them today.
> >
> > Thank you for the explanation. I will try this.
> >
> > Using arm64 instead of amd64 is because I found Ubuntu in x86 QEMU to be too slow, but Fedora in arm64 QEMU is fast enough, on my computer.
>
> It would help to know what your computer is. If you have an arm64 host machine this would make sense, otherwise I am skeptical of this claim.
>
> >
> > You statement that arm64 qemu kernel has not graphical interface makes me wonder.
> > Will I get a (rc) shell directly in the new window, provided that I get 9front to start? And no graphics program will start, eg acme?
>
> You will get an rc shell but you will not be able to start graphical programs, that is correct.
> It is possible to use drawterm with this vm as a way around this limitation.
>
> Thanks,
> moody
>


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