You can't run java on what? I use java every day for citrix so that I don't have to run a windows machine at work at all. Works fine for me.
On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 03:50:13PM -0700, Allie D. wrote: > I'm bitter because I can't run java on it. I have to use ubuntu with > VirtualBox to run some critical work apps that use java :( > -- > ~Allie D. > > > On Thu, October 4, 2007 15:41, Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > > Gerald Thornberry wrote: > >> I've never used QEMU so I may be talking out my hat. Looking at the > >> docs for it yesterday I remember seeing something about the QEMU > >> accelerator. Is that an option here? > >> > >> "When used as a virtualizer, QEMU achieves near native performances by > >> executing the guest code directly on the host CPU. A host driver > >> called the QEMU accelerator (also known as KQEMU) is needed in this > >> case. The virtualizer mode requires that both the host and guest > >> machine use x86 compatible processors." > >> > >> > > > > i've found qemu-0.8.2p4 on 4.1-release (i386) to be horribly slow and > > some apps don't install correctly when emulating windows xp. it's ok for > > viewing ms office documents but doing anything processor or disk > > intensive takes an order of magnitude longer than usual. > > > > would be nice to know if the KQEMU driver is the bottleneck. > > > > cheers, > > jake > > > >> http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/about.html > >> > >> > >> On 10/4/07, Frank Bax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Indeed, this is a FoxPro program. I had tried changing the path; and > >>> tested it by starting program without using full path to EXE - although > >>> the program does startup this way; it still fails at the same point. > >>> > >>> I also tried QEMU; but was still researching options before bringing > >>> speed question here. I've read that it can be a bit slow; but I'm > >>> wondering HOW slow? I use the FoxPro program to convert a database > >>> from > >>> one format to another. Native Win98 on P3-600 the process takes 1:20 > >>> (min:sec). On a 2GHz Core2Duo, QEMU takes 6:00 minutes. Is this > >>> expected speed? On QEMU/BSD forum, it was suggested I compile from > >>> source, so I used ports instead of package, but there was no change to > >>> speed of this process. Files are currently inside a virtual disk. Is > >>> that fastest for disk i/o? Am I likely to speed it up if I have files > >>> on host and access them via samba? Is there another way to access host > >>> files from Win98 guest? > >>> > >>> Frank > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Richard Toohey wrote: > >>> > >>>> I do not know much about wine, but the issue interested me ... I've > >>>> built from ports and > >>>> I am having a look. > >>>> > >>>> From the manual page, re. the wine configuration file, it has this: > >>>> > >>>> format: path = <directories separated by semi-colons> > >>>> default: C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM > >>>> Used to specify the path which will be used to find exe- > >>>> cutables and .DLL's. > >>>> > >>>> Can you add C:\XXXX and/or C:\XXXX\LIBS to that list and see if it > >>>> helps? > >>>> > >>>> A FLL looks like a FoxPro dynamic link library, so it should count as > >>>> a > >>>> DLL. > >>>> > >>>> Back to RTFMing ... > >>>> > >>>> On 3/10/2007, at 8:27 AM, Joachim Schipper wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 05:56:46PM -0400, Frank Bax wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I installed wine-990225p0 from packages on 4.1 and can run simple > >>>>>> programs > >>>>>> like sol and notepad. I have an old program I'm trying to run; but > >>>>>> this > >>>>>> program cannot find it's own files unless the current working > >>>>>> directory is > >>>>>> set to the directory where software was installed. It seems more > >>>>>> recent > >>>>>> wine versions support 'bat' files which would solve this; but this > >>>>>> doesn't > >>>>>> seem to work in this version. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> When I try: > >>>>>> wine c:/XXXX/program.exe > >>>>>> the software complains that it cannot open LIBS\FOXTOOLS.FLL > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This file is found at C:\XXXX\LIBS\FOXTOOLS.FLL > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Is there a way to run something like this on wine 990225?: > >>>>>> cd XXXX > >>>>>> program.exe > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If this is not workable on 990225; do current wine versions work on > >>>>>> OpenBSD? > >>>>>> > >>>>> I'm not sure if there is a way to 'cd' on OpenBSD's version of Wine. > >>>>> As > >>>>> to porting: more recent Wines do weird things with threads, if I > >>>>> understand the issue correctly. In short, don't expect an update > >>>>> soon. > >>>>> > >>>>> Qemu works fine, if you don't need to run a particularly demanding > >>>>> program. > >>>>> > >>>>> Joachim > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> TFMotD: inet6 (4) - Internet protocol version 6 family > >>>>> > >> > >> > > > > > > --
