so, I was able to run Xvesa and ... it did something. That's better than nothing.
On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM Clout Tolstoy <[email protected]> wrote: > In my recent experience, I haven't had to manually edit that file in about > at least a decade or more. I think there is a command the will generate > one but I can't recall the incantation. > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 10:40 AM ron minnich <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I get another chance to be impressed with vmx, the graphics is more >> capable than I would have dreamed! >> >> So, question: I've built a container (and from there a cpio, used with >> the sidecore command) with Xorg in it and nothing else. I'm trying to start >> Xorg in a vmx guest, but it's the usual x11 server dance of "ah ah ah! you >> didn't say the magic word!" -- has anyone gotten Xorg to work in a linux >> environment with a vm guest and what does your Xorg.conf look like? >> >> thanks >> >> On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM David Arnold <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 6/15/25 17:35, sirjofri via 9fans wrote: >>> > I read a bit through Wayland and it seems like we could take a Wayland >>> implementation (like weston) and adjust it to output to devdraw instead of >>> using Linux DMA or vulkan or whatever. That adjusted Weston could run >>> inside the Linux vm. That way, the bridge could be easily synchronized with >>> future software updates, and it comes with the X compatibility layer. Plus, >>> it is a native Linux program running in a Linux environment, so it should >>> be easy to compile it without changes. >>> > >>> > Of course, we'd have to also bridge the inputs, but I think that >>> should be doable. Looking at the architecture, Wayland also forwards the >>> inputs to the client, so the Wayland compositor would be the only component >>> between the Linux program and our plan 9 world. >>> > >>> > At least, that seems to be a way to have graphical Linux programs like >>> Firefox on plan 9 without developing and maintaining a full X server or >>> Wayland compositor. >>> >>> Not my work, but this was mentioned on the plan9port list, and might be >>> relevant: >>> >>> https://github.com/9fans/plan9port/compare/master...eaburns:plan9port:wayland >>> >>> d >>> >> *9fans <https://9fans.topicbox.com/latest>* / 9fans / see discussions > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans> + participants > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/members> + delivery options > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription> Permalink > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Td71c087b037b58f9-M3d4a5724a7124aef90670d90> > ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Td71c087b037b58f9-Mef24b99aef649a55fab76bca Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
