Re: [9fans] opera under linuxemu

[Uriel <uriel99@gmail.com>]

It is a VNC session because there is no X server for Plan 9 and opera
is an X client, so I think cinap runs xvnc under linuxemu, and then
connects to it with the native plan9 vnc client.

I spent a while fighting with x.org trying to get kdrive to run on
Plan 9, I got quite close (after many unmentionable hacks, including
to 8l to make it ignore certain linking errors), but the psychological
strain became too great and I had to give up, I might pick it again if
I'm feeling sufficiently masochistic some day and I got nothing better
to do. In any case, it is feasible and probably somebody more skilled
than me will have less trouble.

Linuxemu+kdrive would pretty much allow us to run any lunix app on
Plan 9, and stop wasting time porting every stupid lunix app and
dealing with auto*hell.

I must apologize for once upon a time claiming that linuxemu was a
waste of time, I was (as usual) wrong and now I think it is the best
way to waste the least amount of time and effort trying to run lunix
junk on Plan 9. Oh, btw, for everyone clamoring for ssh2, openssh runs
just fine under linuxemu.

My hat goes off to russ and cinap for their amazing work on linux emu.

uriel

On Jan 3, 2008 4:39 AM, John Floren <slawmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Pardon me for be a doubting Thomas, but that screenshot looks a hell
> of a lot like a VNC session. You know, with the X cursor in the top of
> the window and the default X background behind it, and TWM providing
> window decorations. Now, having file:/net/ open in one of the windows,
> I don't know what's up :)
> I'm sorry for being skeptical, but that's what I'm seeing.
>
> John
>
>
> On 1/2/08, Federico G. Benavento <benavento@gmail.com> wrote:
> > hola,
> >
> > getting real static binaries in linux is a bit tricky and no one seems to
> > be doing so, they always need ld-linux.so, libnss and others.
> > cinap creates some kind of bundles that create a  fake ns in /tmp/$lbun
> > with this (http://9hal.ath.cx/usr/cinap_lenrek/lbun/mklbun) or something
> > like, but I know he got opera running in Plan 9.
> > http://9hal.ath.cx/usr/cinap_lenrek/plan9opera.png
> >
> >
> > On Jan 2, 2008 9:55 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > anybody got a howto? I grabbed cinap's linuxemu from sources. Right
> > > now I get this:
> > >
> > > cpu% ./8.out opera-9.25-20071214.1-static-qt.i386-en-687/bin/opera
> > > opera-9.25-20071214.1-static-qt.i386-en-687/bin/opera: cant load
> > > interpreter: '/lib/ld-linux.so.2' does not exist
> > > cpu% bind -a /mnt/term/lib /lib
> > > cpu% ./8.out opera-9.25-20071214.1-static-qt.i386-en-687/bin/opera
> > > 8.out 20707: suicide: sys: trap: fault read addr=0x57425810 pc=0x57425810
> > > cpu%
> > >
> > > I am wondering if there is some simple thing I'm missing. I thought
> > > static would not need ld-linux.so.2 but ...
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > ron
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Federico G. Benavento
> >
>
>
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