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-c onfiguration/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?
I've noticed the same problem with a MSWindows VM on a laptop,
but only when the screen resolution for the VM is anything other
than full screen on the host.
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 09:05:32AM +0100, Michael wrote
I've noticed the same problem with a MSWindows VM on a laptop,
but only when the screen resolution for the VM is anything other
than full screen on the host.
Thanks. That clue finally got me going with QEMU, but there are a few
head scratchers that I'll gladly ignore now that QEMU is working.
Head scratcher #1) After a "native install" of the ArcaOS VM on the
Thinkpad, the bootup on the Thinkpad screams about multiple missing
drivers for ArcaOS, "Press Enter to continue". Meanwhile a copy of the install on my Dell desktop PC boots up just fine on the ThinkPad (but
has mouse problems).
Head scratcher #2) The "native install" of ArcaOS VM on the Thinkpad has multiple video resolution options, but it does *NOT* have 1280x800 to
match the Thinkpad. Meanwhile, the ArcaOS VM I copied from my desktop (1920x1080 monitor) does have a 1280x800 option!
Head scratcher #3) After struggling with the mouse, I finally managed to change the ArcaOS install (copied from my desktop to the ThinkPad) to 1280x800, and then rebooted the VM. Once I fire up the VM, it works OK
with the USB mouse *AS LONG AS I DO NOT GO FULLSCREEN {CTRL-ALT-F}*. If
I go fullscreen, the mouse goes super-flakey again. Since both the VM
and the laptop screen are 1280x800, I'm missing very little screen real estate. Just a thin white strip across the top with the QEMU menu bar ("Machine View").
So far, so good. If you don't hear back from me, assume that I'm
happy with the way things are going. Once again, thanks for pointing me
in the right direction.
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.
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?
On 8/20/22 12:30 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
Long-story-short; I run ArcaOS (backwards compatable OS/2 successor)
as a guest on QEMU on my desktop.
Aside: Is ArcaOS really a different version of OS/2? Or is it still
4.x with patches and updated drivers? I saw extremely little
difference, other than eye candy / included open source packages,
between IBM OS/2 Warp 4.5x, eComm Server, and ArcaOS.
I assume that since you're running ArcaOS, that you have support from
Arca Noae. As such, I'd open a support ticket with them and ask about
guest add-ons for various hyper visors.
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