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QEMU on Linux

Build Name QEmu Version System Info Description username
build 217 20070105_1724 devel_ext3.img qemu 0.8.2 Debian unstable, Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB RAM Linux 2.6.18.2 (vanilla) Boots fine, but very slow. Apps work, except for abiword which just has a gray screen (same color as frame). No IP, but 'dhclient' fixes that. Changing 'onboot=yes' doesn't help. Got some kernel problems (IRQ4?) when starting vi/nano though, see http://rootshell.be/~ludoa/messages for my logfile & more info. Installed kqemu, modprobe'd it, but -kernel-kqemu gives a kernel panic, see rootshell.be/~ludoa/olpc_qemu_with_kqemu.png LudoA, 2007.01.06
build-193 20061203_1727 devel_ext3.img qemu 0.8.2 Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft - x86_64 Hangs on boot. Adding apm=off to kernel boot params in grub fixes this. It then boots Sugar (the UI), but no keyboard or mouse. CTRL-3 and then modprobe i8042 fixes this. Sugar works fine, but is quite slow. Also, no sound (even with qemu -soundhw all). Networking works fine. Will try to get qemu accelerator working in the future to improve performance. 2007.01.05
build-193 20061203_1727 devel_ext3.img qemu 0.8.2 (-std-vga) Ununtu 6.06 Boots into GUI, asks for nickname and then no keyboard or mouse. The modprobe i8042 trick did not work until I told qemu to use a standard vga output (-std-vga). Still pretty slow. I have tried to get networking or sound going yet. Jeff Waddell 2007.01.04
build-193 20061203_1727 devel_ext3.img qemu 0.8.1-1 (-soundhw all -hda) Debian etch (testing) Boots into GUI, but no keyboard or mouse before "modprobe i8042" several times (!) on the serial console (Ctrl-Alt-3). No networking or sound, slow.
build-183 20061116_1824 devel_ext3.img Qemu 0.8.1, from Debian's repository Acer Aspire AMD 1.8 Ghz 1GB RAM; Debian etch (testing); Linux 2.6.17-2-k7; Boots into the GUI and works fine. Is not 100% responsive, but it's expected. To be able to view the entire eToys screen, had to edit the Grub boot entry and change the display size to vga=0x317 To_be_created
build-182 20061114_2135 devel_ext3.img Qemu 0.6.2 from Debian Sarge Dual-cpu AMD Athlon MP, 1GHz; Debian Sarge; 2.6.11-1-k7-smp Boots into GUI and works OK, using apm=off. Slow. Had to edit Grub boot entry; the image already handled the suggested xorg.conf fix. John Gilmore
build-182 20061114_2117 ext3.img(.bz2) Qemu 0.8.2 + kqemu 1.3.0pre9 2.4.33.3 Athlon XP 2000+ 786 RAM; Slackware 11.0; Linux 2.4.33.3; Boot into GUI ok, the system works fine and fast darkmagus
build 185 and 197 QEmu 0.8.2 kqemu-1.3.0pre9 AMD AthlonXP 3000+ 2.16 GHz 512MB RAM, Suse 10.1 Booted into GUI successfully,keyboard and mouse work, no sound - good with qemu accelerator Tim UK. 19 Dec 2006

QEMU on Windows

See Using QEMU on Windows XP instructions.


Build Name QEmu Version Windows System Description username
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img Qemu 0.8.2-windows, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 Intel 2.16 GHz, 2GB RAM, XP Pro SP2 Same mouse and keyboard issue. Used the "modprobe i8042" fix but it ctrl-alt-1 and ctrl-alt-2 do not work so I could not switch back from ctrl-alt-3 after modprobe. flatwethat
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 Intel 2.66 GHz, 2GB RAM, XP Pro SP2 Same mouse and keyboard issue. Used the "modprobe i8042" fix but it needed to be run three times before OK. Then when input text field is given focus it prints 11111111111111111... until the delete key is hit. After deleting the input, the input text field works as expected. illations
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 Celeron M 1.60 GHz, 500MB RAM, XP home SP2 Mouse and keyboard do not work as reported below but I used the "modprobe i8042" fix listed in the Linux feedback above and it works OK James
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 Pentium 4 3.02 GHz, 1GB RAM, XP SP2 Mouse and keyboard do not work Aaron
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img.bz2 Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 HP Pavillion dv5000 laptop,1.8Ghz, 1gb ram, XP MCE SP2 mouse and keyboard don't work anger2headshot
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-192-20061201_1843-devel_ext3.img Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 Fujitsu Siemens 3,2 Ghz 1 Gb RAM, XP SP2 keyboard and mouse do not work, nothing really possible Henubis DEC 3, 2006
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-185-20061117_2030-devel_ext3.img (latest stable ext3-devel as of December 3 2006) Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 Falcon Mach V AMD Athlon64 3200, 2 GHz 1GB RAM, XP SP2 keyboard and mouse OK, no network or sound. (network worked converted to VMWare Player). I updated instructions -- Skierpage 19:06, 3 December 2006 (EST)
olpc-stream-development-59-20060808_1153-ext3.img QEmu 0.8.2 kqemu-1.3.0pre9 Dell Latitude D600 1.5GHz 512MB RAM, XP SP2 Booted into GUI successfully --Tomhannen 21:33, 17 November 2006 (EST)
olpc-redhat-stream-development-devel_ext3.img QEmu 0.8.2 kqemu-1.3.0pre9 Lenovo AMD Athlon(tm)XP 3000+ 2.16 GHz 512MB RAM, XP SP2 Booted into GUI successfully,keyboard and mouse do not work --User:wonder from xi‘an,china 12:33, 7 December 2006 (EST)
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-185-20061117_2000-ext3.img QEmu 0.8.2 kqemu-1.3.0pre9 Dell Latitude D600 1.5GHz 512MB RAM, XP SP2 Booted into GUI successfully, but had to [do this] to get a network connection --Tomhannen 10:35, 7 December 2006 (EST)
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 HP Compaq, 1 Gb RAM, XP SP2 keyboard and mouse did not work, "modprobe i8042" fix couldn't load module at first - but repeatedly running the modprobe command (quickly) eventually succeeded and now it works ok CNS Jan 2, 2007
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img QEMU 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 AMD Athlon XP 3200+, 1GB Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Windows XP SP2 Booted into GUI successfully, keyboard and mouse seemed broken but the issue was resolved used the 'modprobe' fix mentioned above. Slightly slow and the frame kept popping up at inconvenient points. Also after fixing keyboard issue and after enabling network access the first textbox I entered began to fill up with the character 1 and did not stop until I pressed something else on the keyboard. I expect this has something to do with the switching screen procedures common to each scenario. Anon. Jan 02. 2007
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.7 GHz 512MB RAM, XP Pro SP1 As above keyboard and mouse did not work but repeated "modprobe i8042" eventually worked (it's Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to the GUI once the module has loaded). Also had to follow instructions as linked to in feedback above to get a network connection and I too found the textbox filling with 1s. tom. Jan 2, 2007
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img

Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9

Intel P4 3GHz 512MB RAM, XP Pro SP2 Got the mouse and keyboard working with:
ctrl+alt+3, login as "root", enter "modprobe i8042", enter, ctrl+alt+1
Got the network connected as per the instructions. Obviously the OS is a work in progress so a few little niggles but it's quick enough and looks good.
Tim. Jan 2, 2007
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 AMD X2 4200+ 2.2 GHz 2048MB RAM, Vista RC2 Build 5744Problem and solution the same as above. Just wanted to say it's running on Vista RC2 ACluk90. Jan 2, 2007
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1727-devel_ext3.img Qemu 0.8.2, kqemu-1.3.0pre9 Dell Inspiron, 512 MB RAM, XP SP2The usual (had to use keyboard, mouse, and networking fixes). 7-Zip said the first two images I downloaded were corrupt (olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-193-20061203_1714-ext3.img.bz2 and olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img.bz2). Loved the interface. Great use of screenspace, etc. Anon. Jan 3, 2007

QEMU on MacOS X

Build Name QEmu Version System Info Description username
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-166-20061110_1609-ext3.img Q 0.8.1 MacBook 13" Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM Boots into GUI, a bit sluggish response Calyth
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-185-20061117_2030-devel_ext3.img Q 0.8.1 MacBook 13" Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM Same feel as build 166 documented above Calyth


Parallels on MacOS X


Build Name Parallels Version System Info Description username
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-185-20061117_2030-devel_ext3.img Build 1970 MacBook 13" 2Ghz Intel Core2Duo, 1GB RAM Runs well, no networking or sound - perhaps configuration of Parallels? mpesce
1 Dec 2006
olpc-redhat-stream-development-devel_ext3.img.bz2 (build 206) Build 1898 MacBook 13" 1,83Ghz Intel CoreDuo, 1,256GB RAM Runs but would not start GUI; fbdev blinks and keeps respawning wooky
1 Jan 2007
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-217-20070105_1724-devel_ext3.img Build 3094 MacBook Pro 15.4" 2.33Ghz Intel Core2Duo, 2GB RAM Runs ok. Had to manually run ifup eth0 to get networking. Abiword shows grey screen. No shutdown button (is there one yet?). No sound theothermike
6 Jan 2007

VMWare on Windows

Build Name VMware Version System Info Description username
olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-185-20061117_2030-devel_ext3.img Player 1.0.3 build-34682 Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo T 3,2 GHz P4 1GB Ram, Windows XP SP2 Booted into GUI successfully, no sound, mouse accelerate very high Henubis Nov 22. 2006

Images on a USB disk

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Images with the on-board NAND flash on OLPC hardware

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