SuSE 9.1 on Apple Powerbook G4 + Virtual PC
Hi all, I know this is probably a little OT, but I would like to know if there is somebody out there with a real-life experience on setting up and using this config: Apple Powerbook G4 + Virtual PC running a SuSE (or other linux) distribution in the virtual machine. Using this setup for development, using the SuSE Virtual PC as server box, and the same Apple Powerbook G4 as client, and maybe a second Virtual PC with a Window$ 200x for other uses. regards, Riccardo
Riccardo Facchini writes:
I know this is probably a little OT, but I would like to know if there is somebody out there with a real-life experience on setting up and using this config:
Apple Powerbook G4 + Virtual PC running a SuSE (or other linux) distribution in the virtual machine.
A good friend of mine has exactly that setup, running SuSE 9.1 on an Apple Powerbook G4 in a virtual PC.
Using this setup for development, using the SuSE Virtual PC as server box, and the same Apple Powerbook G4 as client, and maybe a second Virtual PC with a Window$ 200x for other uses.
I don't know if he has another virtual PC for Windows, but otherwise it seems to work fine. He did have to get a special 3-button external mouse to make it usable with KDE, though. The single button Apple "mouse" just doesn't cut it. -Ti
Hi, On Monday 04 October 2004 18:25, Ti Kan wrote: [snipped]
I don't know if he has another virtual PC for Windows, but otherwise it seems to work fine. He did have to get a special 3-button external mouse to make it usable with KDE, though. The single button Apple "mouse" just doesn't cut it.
Hmm.. weird. The mouse should have been detected as PS2 whether you're using a single-button mouse or not. Here's mine: (Apple Mouse) # hwinfo --mouse 15: PS/2 00.0: 10500 PS/2 Mouse [Created at input.140] Unique ID: AH6Q.hI1e_vHaTSC Hardware Class: mouse Model: "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse" Vendor: int 0x0210 Device: int 0x0013 "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse" Device File: /dev/input/mice (/dev/input/mouse0) Device Number: char 13:63 (char 13:32) Driver Info #0: Buttons: 3 Wheels: 1 XFree86 Protocol: explorerps/2 GPM Protocol: exps2 Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=yes, active=unknown -- - E - SUSE 9.1 | fluxbox 0.9.9-1 | G4 Dual 1.42GHz OS X 10.3 | VirtualPC 6.1 | copperwalls was here ;) "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it." - Psalms 37:29
- Edwin - writes:
On Monday 04 October 2004 18:25, Ti Kan wrote: [snipped]
I don't know if he has another virtual PC for Windows, but otherwise it seems to work fine. He did have to get a special 3-button external mouse to make it usable with KDE, though. The single button Apple "mouse" just doesn't cut it.
Hmm.. weird.
The mouse should have been detected as PS2 whether you're=20 using a single-button mouse or not.
The mouse was detected fine, it's just hard to use because there is only one button while most Linux apps are designed for 3-buttons. -Ti
Oops! :) On Thursday 07 October 2004 17:29, Ti Kan wrote:
- Edwin - writes:
On Monday 04 October 2004 18:25, Ti Kan wrote: [snipped]
I don't know if he has another virtual PC for Windows, but otherwise it seems to work fine. He did have to get a special 3-button external mouse to make it usable with KDE, though. The single button Apple "mouse" just doesn't cut it.
Hmm.. weird.
The mouse should have been detected as PS2 whether you're using a single-button mouse or not.
The mouse was detected fine, it's just hard to use because there is only one button while most Linux apps are designed for 3-buttons.
Sorry, I misunderstood what you said. Anyway, come to think of it, most apps (not only Linux) even in Mac would be easier to use if you have a 3-button mouse. Apple should reconsider ;) Having said that, I like and use the keyboard more though ;) -- - E - SUSE 9.1 | fluxbox 0.9.9-1 | G4 Dual 1.42GHz OS X 10.3 | VirtualPC 6.1 | copperwalls was here ;) "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it." - Psalms 37:29
Hi, On Monday 04 October 2004 18:01, Riccardo Facchini wrote:
Hi all,
I know this is probably a little OT, but I would like to know if there is somebody out there with a real-life experience on setting up and using this config:
Apple Powerbook G4 + Virtual PC running a SuSE (or other linux) distribution in the virtual machine.
Not really supported by Microsoft but, yes, you can install SuSE on Virtual PC. In fact you can install other distros as well. (I think the only one that I really had "serious problems" was with Vine Linux...) Anyway, just expect it to be slooow. I'm using a Dual G4 1.42GHz with 2GB of RAM but the virtual machine is running at 636 MHz only--actually it even feels slower than a real 600 MHz laptop :( 'wish there's a VMWare for Mac... anybody? ;) # hwinfo --cpu 01: None 00.0: 10103 CPU [Created at cpu.290] Unique ID: (unique_id_was_here) Hardware Class: cpu Arch: Intel Vendor: "ConnectixCPU" Model: 6.8.4 "ff/08" Features: fpu,vme,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,pge,cmov,mmx Clock: 636 MHz Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Using this setup for development, using the SuSE Virtual PC as server box, and the same Apple Powerbook G4 as client, and maybe a second Virtual PC with a Window$ 200x for other uses.
Depending on your needs, you can actually use your Powerbook as your server even if you're just using "ordinary" (not server) version of OS X. -- - E - SUSE 9.1 | fluxbox 0.9.9-1 | G4 Dual 1.42GHz OS X 10.3 | VirtualPC 6.1 | copperwalls was here ;) "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it." - Psalms 37:29
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