Changeset 1f1f2230

Timestamp:

10/07/2022 08:17:46 AM (19 months ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@…>

Branches:

11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

1e9ccfa

Parents:

d2c16a45

Message:

Add &root; user to some root commands in qemu

Also, remove some obsolete (commented-out) parts, reformat some
lines longer than 80 columns, and update the text here and there...

File:

• postlfs/virtualization/qemu.xml (modified) (7 diffs)

postlfs/virtualization/qemu.xml

@@ -195 +195 @@
 -->
     <para>
-      Add any users that might use the KVM device to that group:
+      As the &root; user, add any users that might use the KVM device to that
+      group:
     </para>
 
@@ -252 +253 @@
     <para>
       You will also need to add an Udev rule so that the KVM device gets correct
-      permissions:
+      permissions. As the &root; user, issue:
     </para>
 
@@ -261 +262 @@
     <para>
       Change the permissions and ownership of a helper script, which is needed
-      when using the <quote>bridge</quote> network device (see below):
+      when using the <quote>bridge</quote> network device (see below). Again
+      as the &root; user, issue:
     </para>
 
@@ -270 +272 @@
       <para>
         For convenience you may want to create a symbolic link to run
-        the installed program. For instance:
+        the installed program. For instance (as the &root; user):
       </para>
 
@@ -281 +283 @@
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
-<!-- Not used anymore
-    <para>
-      <command>sed ... util/memfd.c</command>: This command fixes a conflict
-      introduced with glibc-2.27.
-    </para>
--->
-    <para>
-      <parameter>--audio-drv-list=alsa --disable-pa</parameter>: This switch sets the audio
-      driver to ALSA. See below for enabling other audio drivers.
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-      <option>--audio-drv-list=pa --disable-alsa</option>: This switch sets the audio
-      driver to pulseaudio. For other drivers see the --audio-drv-list list in
-      <command>configure</command>'s help output. The default audio driver is
-      OSS. To enable support for both alsa and pulseaudio, use
+    <para>
+      <parameter>--audio-drv-list=alsa --disable-pa</parameter>: This switch
+      sets the audio driver to ALSA. See below for enabling other audio drivers.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      <option>--audio-drv-list=pa --disable-alsa</option>: This switch sets
+      the audio driver to pulseaudio. For other drivers see the
+      --audio-drv-list choices in the output of
+      <command>./configure --help</command>. The default audio driver is OSS.
+      To enable support for both alsa and pulseaudio, use
       <option>--audio-drv-list=alsa,pa</option>.
     </para>
-
-    <!-- this appears to be rejected in 4.1.0
-         ERROR: unknown option \-\-with-gtkabi=3.0
-    <para>
-      <option>\-\-with-gtkabi=3.0</option>: builds with GTK+-3 if both GTK+-2
-      and GTK+-3 are installed.
-    </para> -->
 
   </sect2>
@@ -336 +326 @@
         The following instructions assume the optional symbolic link,
         <filename>qemu</filename>, has been created. Additionally,
-        <command>qemu</command> must be run from an X Window System based
-        terminal (either locally or over ssh).
+        <command>qemu</command> should be run in a graphical environment.
+        But it is possible to use qemu <quote>headless</quote> or through
+        SSH. See the documentation for the various possibilities.
       </para>
     </note>
@@ -593 +584 @@
 
     <para>
-      In the command above, replace the switch <parameter>-netdev user,...
-      </parameter> with <parameter>-netdev bridge,id=net0</parameter>.
+      In the qemu command line above, replace the switch
+      <parameter>-netdev user,...</parameter> with
+      <parameter>-netdev bridge,...</parameter>.
     </para>