Re: [uml-devel] A shared memory framebuffer for UML

2008-11-24 Thread Ron Yorston
I was in too much of a hurry yesterday and didn't include some useful information about shmfb clients. To make use of the framebuffer the client needs to know its details. It also needs to be able to send keyboard and mouse events to the guest and to receive information about updates to the guest'

Re: [uml-devel] A shared memory framebuffer for UML

2008-11-24 Thread Ron Yorston
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Now my question: would this framebuffer help in the video part >of the sip communication? Could the sip application transmit >images to the host's display? Could the sip application receive >from a real webcam? I don't think so, at least not as I understand what yo

Re: [uml-devel] A shared memory framebuffer for UML

2008-11-23 Thread root
Hello Ron Yorston, I would like to have both audio and video on the host during a sip communication with linphone, ekiga or another open source between 2 UML machines in a virtual network. I already have the sound but the sip softwares show ugly screens and need /dev/video... to get a display. At

[uml-devel] A shared memory framebuffer for UML

2008-11-23 Thread Ron Yorston
I've done some work on a patch to implement a shared memory framebuffer for UML. (Patch to follow in a separate message, or pick it up from my website: http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/shmfb/index.html) Apply the patch and build the kernel in the usual way: tar xfj linux-2.6.27.7.tar.bz2 c