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[Ludo Brands]

> That was a typo. I meant to say that a guest VNC (i.e. what 
> I'm using) 
> should allow you to specify the size and other parameters of 
> the screen 
> it is simulating, while the host VNC (i.e. provided by Qemu, which is 
> what you're using) is generally defined by the hardware being 
> emulated 
> and by its associated firmware (PC BIOS, Sun OBP etc.).
> 

OK Got it. VNC server comes with a pseudo graphics card driver. Its probably
slower than the build in VNC server since the first runs on the emulated
cpu.

> I typically find myself starting the Qemu and UML sessions I've 
> described from an X session on the host, so that if they want 
> to display 
> their console in an xterm they can do so. I could probably tweak the 
> parameters to prevent that, in general if I need a shell 
> session I far 
> prefer direct SSH since that gives me full control over 
> presentation and 
> minimises the performance hit.
> 
> If I understand things correctly "User Mode Emulation" (which 
> I've not 
> played with) allows you to run e.g. an ARM Linux program on a 
> PC Linux 
> host, while "Full System Emulation" allows you to emulate an entire 
> computer.
> 

Correct. Downside is that you need all the arm libraries used by the program
on the PC host. 

Ludo