PureWinLin - Linux emulated on Windows via QEMU

[Beach]

Oh, one question, I downloaded the registered version of purebasic for linux, but for some reason it looks like this distro cannot extract and install the compressed file. coLinux did this easily, click, run. But this one doesnt recognize the extension.

I started writing a how-to for upgrading the demo version to full but I quickly realized that the steps needed to perform the upgrade will surely scare away most people. Therefore, I will make a installation app, like I did for the CoLinux version, some time this afternoon or tomorrow.

For the gurus out there; the full version of PureBasic includes a copy of "fasm" that does not work with QEMU (the reason for the long wait). You will need to rename or delete the copy of "fasm" included in the "~/pureBasic/complilers" directory. This will cause your compiled apps to use the "fasm" in the "/usr/bin" directory, which is version 1.62.

[Dare2]

You guys are blooming awesome, this is all great!

[Gansta93]

Hello,

I'd like to test it, but impossible... the interface for accessibility reason cannot be use with my software solution for accessibility (I am blind ). I have tried Cygwin which have dirrectly a simple consol interface, but I didn't arrive to install PureBasic. Can someone help me to have an accessible and secured consol window with PureWinLin or can someone help me to install PureBasic on Sygwin?

Thank you in advance.

[thefool]

works nicely here! now i just need to get the full version of purebasic on it

but its slow yeah.. however hope that accelerator will do it!
btw, how can i get to full screen if i first launch in windowed mode?


edit:
http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/kqemu-doc.html#SEC5
qemu accelerator for windows! preliminary version though, but maybe it works. have you tried it?

[KarLKoX]

Here is my build of Qemu 0.7.1, see the README.KarLKoX to get further informations

Kqemu is enabled with my build.

[thefool]

thanks ill get it now ! i must have overlooked it..

[Shannara]

kqemu, that build, doesnt work on all systems through (no visible speed changes).

[KarLKoX]

The kqemu accelerator for windows is still experimental as noticed from the official site

[Shannara]

Exactly Im just re-iterating that part. Erk, at least, that is what I meant to do

Do you happen to have any more nice nifty tools for this PureWinLin, to share?

[Gansta93]

I love humans's help...

[freak]

Gansta93:
I do not know if installing PB/Linux in a cygwin environment is even possible. I do
not know that much about it, but i think it only emulates a unix subsystem, but
the executables themselves must still be compiled for the windows platform.
I could be very wrong here though

About the accessibility with qemu:
Cannot help you there, sorry.

[Gansta93]

Thank you for your answer Freak.
Now I understand why I can read Cannot execute binary file when I type pbcompiler.
If someone can explain me how to be in consol mode with QEMU without graphic way, it would be very nice.
Thanks again Freak, now I won't test again for nothing with Cygwin.

[Beach]

If someone can explain me how to be in consol mode with QEMU without graphic way, it would be very nice.

Press <Ctrl> + <Alt> + F1 to drop out of X-windows an into console mode. You will need to login, user name is "pb" and password is "pbuser".

Press <Ctrl> + <Alt> + F7 to return to X-windows.

[Gansta93]

Thank you very much, I'm going to do that.

[Gansta93]

The consol is not accessible too... so Pure on Linux is not for me.

Thanks again for help.