Re: Try debian for arm on ubuntu intel mHow ac os x or windows

[Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net>]

On 2/1/2014 8:24 PM, peter green wrote:
> Michaël Parchet wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm interested to try debian arm with LXDE on my intel machine ubuntu
> > mac ox x or windows before eventually buy a device on this system like :
> >
> > http://openphoenux.org/
> >
> > How can I try debian for arm with lxde on my ubuntu mac os or windows
> > computer ?
> You can run debian armhf in qemu using the "versatile express"
> platform/kernel.
>
> Unfortunately i'm not aware of a good tutorial
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2014/01/msg00074.html and the
> replies to it pointing out where he messed up should have most of the
> information you need if you are reasonablly competant with linux.
>
> My advice is to leave desktop environment unselected in the installer
> and then manualy install X and lxde after installer. If you try to
> install the graphical environment though the installer it will probablly
> try to install gnome3 which is not what you want.
>
> I'm not sure what the graphics situation with versatile express in qemu
> is either. My guess is you probablly have a framebuffer with no
> acceleration but I could be wrong on that.

This works under Debian, but I haven't been able to get qemu-system-arm 
working under Windows, despite trying three different binaries.  Don't 
know what's wrong, and I haven't gotten any useful help on the qemu 
email list yet (but it's only been about 3-4 days).

Jerry