Re: X in debian-9.0-sparc on qemu

[Adrian Davey <adrian@beth2.org>]

On 2017-03-05 10:54, sacarde wrote:
> > I have not seen a working display adapter on qemu for sparc64 target,
> > however, would you be able to consider vnc over ssh perhaps to run 
> > your X
> > session?
>
>
> I cant run X in virtualized system, ok (until I have vga=none)
>
> do you mean run "ssh -X ..." to execute single applications on host PC 
> ?
>
>
>
> thanks
>
> sacarde@tiscali.it

Hi,

Install vnc server in your qemu-system-sparc64 image, (see e.g 
https://packages.debian.org/sid/tightvncserver )
then connect to it from your desktop vnc client. If you need to, wrap it 
in an SSH tunnel so that e.g.

vnc client connects to localhost:5911 ->SSH tunnel to qemu IP (port 
forward 5911 to remote host 5901) ->localhost:5901 vnc server

The vnc session is a bit like RDP in the windows world, a virtual X 
session that you can detach from / re-attach to later, ideal for 
headless servers or display-less emulated systems.

http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/vnc.htm might be a useful starting point.

Hope this helps,

Adrian