Yocto in Virtualbox

Yocto in Virtualbox

[cnxsoft]

Hi,

I have build x86 qemu image using "bitbake -k core-image-sato" following 
the instructions given at 
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 in VirtualBox 4.1.6.

When I run qemu, qemu starts apparently fine, but the qemu window stays 
black. So I'm suspecting that either it does not work in Virtualbox or I 
may have tochange some settings in qemu (e.g. -vga vmware).

Here's the output:

runqemu qemux86

Continuing with the following parameters:
KERNEL: 
[/home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/bzImage-qemux86.bin]
ROOTFS: 
[/home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/core-image-minimal-qemux86.ext3]
FSTYPE: [ext3]
Setting up tap interface under sudo
Acquiring lockfile for tap0...
Starting distccd...
Running qemu...
/home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/bin/qemu -kernel 
/home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/bzImage-qemux86.bin 
-net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -hda 
/home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/core-image-minimal-qemux86.ext3 
-show-cursor -usb -usbdevice wacom-tablet -vga vmware -enable-gl 
-no-reboot -m 128 --append "vga=0 root=/dev/hda rw mem=128M 
ip=192.168.7.2::192.168.7.1:255.255.255.0 oprofile.timer=1 "
Enabling opengl


Thanks.

Re: Yocto in Virtualbox

[autif khan]

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:14 AM, cnxsoft <cnxsoft@cnx-software.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have build x86 qemu image using "bitbake -k core-image-sato" following the
> instructions given at
> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html
> I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 in VirtualBox 4.1.6.
>
> When I run qemu, qemu starts apparently fine, but the qemu window stays
> black. So I'm suspecting that either it does not work in Virtualbox or I may
> have tochange some settings in qemu (e.g. -vga vmware).
>
> Here's the output:
>
> runqemu qemux86
>
> Continuing with the following parameters:
> KERNEL:
> [/home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/bzImage-qemux86.bin]
> ROOTFS:
> [/home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/core-image-minimal-qemux86.ext3]
> FSTYPE: [ext3]
> Setting up tap interface under sudo
> Acquiring lockfile for tap0...
> Starting distccd...
> Running qemu...
> /home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/bin/qemu
> -kernel
> /home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/bzImage-qemux86.bin
> -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -hda
> /home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/core-image-minimal-qemux86.ext3
> -show-cursor -usb -usbdevice wacom-tablet -vga vmware -enable-gl -no-reboot
> -m 128 --append "vga=0 root=/dev/hda rw mem=128M
> ip=192.168.7.2::192.168.7.1:255.255.255.0 oprofile.timer=1 "
> Enabling opengl
>

So, what is the problem?

Re: Yocto in Virtualbox

[cnxsoft]

On 08/02/2012 21:06, autif khan wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:14 AM, cnxsoft<cnxsoft@cnx-software.com>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have build x86 qemu image using "bitbake -k core-image-sato" following the
>> instructions given at
>> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html
>> I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 in VirtualBox 4.1.6.
>>
>> When I run qemu, qemu starts apparently fine, but the qemu window stays
>> black. So I'm suspecting that either it does not work in Virtualbox or I may
>> have tochange some settings in qemu (e.g. -vga vmware).
>>
>> Here's the output:
>>
>> runqemu qemux86
>>
>> Continuing with the following parameters:
>> KERNEL:
>> [/home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/bzImage-qemux86.bin]
>> ROOTFS:
>> [/home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/core-image-minimal-qemux86.ext3]
>> FSTYPE: [ext3]
>> Setting up tap interface under sudo
>> Acquiring lockfile for tap0...
>> Starting distccd...
>> Running qemu...
>> /home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/bin/qemu
>> -kernel
>> /home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/bzImage-qemux86.bin
>> -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -hda
>> /home/jaufranc/edev/edison-6.0-build/tmp/deploy/images/core-image-minimal-qemux86.ext3
>> -show-cursor -usb -usbdevice wacom-tablet -vga vmware -enable-gl -no-reboot
>> -m 128 --append "vga=0 root=/dev/hda rw mem=128M
>> ip=192.168.7.2::192.168.7.1:255.255.255.0 oprofile.timer=1 "
>> Enabling opengl
>>
> So, what is the problem?

Qemu starts apparently fine, but the qemu window stays black.

Re: Yocto in Virtualbox

[Scott Garman]

On 02/08/2012 12:14 AM, cnxsoft wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have build x86 qemu image using "bitbake -k core-image-sato" following
> the instructions given at
> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html
> I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 in VirtualBox 4.1.6.
>
> When I run qemu, qemu starts apparently fine, but the qemu window stays
> black. So I'm suspecting that either it does not work in Virtualbox or I
> may have tochange some settings in qemu (e.g. -vga vmware).

Have you installed the Virtualbox guest additions within your VM?

Fwiw I've not run into any issues doing this with a Fedora 14 and Fedora 
16 VM (other than the builds themselves being dog slow). I make sure to 
install the guest additions in all my VMs.

Scott

-- 
Scott Garman
Embedded Linux Engineer - Yocto Project
Intel Open Source Technology Center

Re: Yocto in Virtualbox

[cnxsoft]

On 09/02/2012 00:00, Scott Garman wrote:
> On 02/08/2012 12:14 AM, cnxsoft wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have build x86 qemu image using "bitbake -k core-image-sato" following
>> the instructions given at
>> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html 
>>
>> I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 in VirtualBox 4.1.6.
>>
>> When I run qemu, qemu starts apparently fine, but the qemu window stays
>> black. So I'm suspecting that either it does not work in Virtualbox or I
>> may have tochange some settings in qemu (e.g. -vga vmware).
>
> Have you installed the Virtualbox guest additions within your VM?
>
> Fwiw I've not run into any issues doing this with a Fedora 14 and 
> Fedora 16 VM (other than the builds themselves being dog slow). I make 
> sure to install the guest additions in all my VMs.
>
> Scott
>
Thanks Scott.  Yes, I have Virtual Box guest additions installed. My 
host is running Windows XP btw. And yes it was slow...the build for 
core-image-minimal took around 36 hours...
I found a link with a Virtual Box issue 
(https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Build_Appliance_Design), but it seem 
related to the build itself rather than an issue while running qemu.

Re: Yocto in Virtualbox

[Scott Garman]

On 02/08/2012 06:01 PM, cnxsoft wrote:
> On 09/02/2012 00:00, Scott Garman wrote:
>> On 02/08/2012 12:14 AM, cnxsoft wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have build x86 qemu image using "bitbake -k core-image-sato" following
>>> the instructions given at
>>> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html
>>>
>>> I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 in VirtualBox 4.1.6.
>>>
>>> When I run qemu, qemu starts apparently fine, but the qemu window stays
>>> black. So I'm suspecting that either it does not work in Virtualbox or I
>>> may have tochange some settings in qemu (e.g. -vga vmware).
>>
>> Have you installed the Virtualbox guest additions within your VM?
>>
>> Fwiw I've not run into any issues doing this with a Fedora 14 and
>> Fedora 16 VM (other than the builds themselves being dog slow). I make
>> sure to install the guest additions in all my VMs.
>>
>> Scott
>>
> Thanks Scott. Yes, I have Virtual Box guest additions installed. My host
> is running Windows XP btw. And yes it was slow...the build for
> core-image-minimal took around 36 hours...
> I found a link with a Virtual Box issue
> (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Build_Appliance_Design), but it seem
> related to the build itself rather than an issue while running qemu.

Hmmm...I'm not sure what to tell you. Really grasping for straws here - 
one thing you could try is to export the image and load it into VMWare 
Player and see if there is any difference. If not, that would implicate 
the guest distro (Ubuntu 11.10).

Scott

-- 
Scott Garman
Embedded Linux Engineer - Yocto Project
Intel Open Source Technology Center

Re: Yocto in Virtualbox

[David Smoot]

On Feb 8, 2012, at 8:18 AM, cnxsoft wrote:

On 08/02/2012 21:06, autif khan wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:14 AM, cnxsoft<cnxsoft@cnx-software.com>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> .255.0 oprofile.timer=1 "
>> Enabling opengl
>> 
> So, what is the problem?

>Qemu starts apparently fine, but the qemu window stays black.

I would try one of the pre-built images to isolate the problem between running inside virtualbox and your build. 


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Re: Yocto in Virtualbox

[Scott Garman]

On 02/08/2012 07:11 PM, David Smoot wrote:
>
> On Feb 8, 2012, at 8:18 AM, cnxsoft wrote:
>
> On 08/02/2012 21:06, autif khan wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:14 AM, cnxsoft<cnxsoft@cnx-software.com>   wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> .255.0 oprofile.timer=1 "
>>> Enabling opengl
>>>
>> So, what is the problem?
>
>> Qemu starts apparently fine, but the qemu window stays black.
>
> I would try one of the pre-built images to isolate the problem between running inside virtualbox and your build.

This would be much quicker to test than my "export to VMWare Player" 
suggestion. I'd definitely try this first.

Scott

-- 
Scott Garman
Embedded Linux Engineer - Yocto Project
Intel Open Source Technology Center

Re: Yocto in Virtualbox (Ubuntu 11.10)

[cnxsoft]

On 09/02/2012 10:15, Scott Garman wrote:
> On 02/08/2012 07:11 PM, David Smoot wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 8, 2012, at 8:18 AM, cnxsoft wrote:
>>
>> On 08/02/2012 21:06, autif khan wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:14 AM, cnxsoft<cnxsoft@cnx-software.com>   
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> .255.0 oprofile.timer=1 "
>>>> Enabling opengl
>>>>
>>> So, what is the problem?
>>
>>> Qemu starts apparently fine, but the qemu window stays black.
>>
>> I would try one of the pre-built images to isolate the problem 
>> between running inside virtualbox and your build.
>
> This would be much quicker to test than my "export to VMWare Player" 
> suggestion. I'd definitely try this first.
>
> Scott
>
FYI.  have done some further tests with the prebuilt binaries and 
toolchain (yocto-eglibc-i686-i586-toolchain-gmae-1.0.tar.bz2, 
bzImage-2.6.37-qemux86-1.0.bin and 
yocto-image-minimal-dev-qemux86-1.0.rootfs.ext3).

With Ubuntu 11.10 (Virtual Box), it fails with the same black screen.
With Debian Squeeze 6.0.3 (inside Virtual Box), it works fine.

PS: For Ubuntu, poky-qemu script to pass libGL detection.

Re: Yocto in Virtualbox (Ubuntu 11.10)

[Scott Garman]

On 02/09/2012 12:50 AM, cnxsoft wrote:
> FYI. have done some further tests with the prebuilt binaries and
> toolchain (yocto-eglibc-i686-i586-toolchain-gmae-1.0.tar.bz2,
> bzImage-2.6.37-qemux86-1.0.bin and
> yocto-image-minimal-dev-qemux86-1.0.rootfs.ext3).
>
> With Ubuntu 11.10 (Virtual Box), it fails with the same black screen.
> With Debian Squeeze 6.0.3 (inside Virtual Box), it works fine.
>
> PS: For Ubuntu, poky-qemu script to pass libGL detection.

Thank you for reporting this, I have filed the following bug to track 
this issue:

http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1971

Are you using the default user interface (Unity) in your Ubuntu setup?

Scott

-- 
Scott Garman
Embedded Linux Engineer - Yocto Project
Intel Open Source Technology Center

Re: Yocto in Virtualbox (Ubuntu 11.10)

[cnxsoft]

On 09/02/2012 23:44, Scott Garman wrote:
> On 02/09/2012 12:50 AM, cnxsoft wrote:
>> FYI. have done some further tests with the prebuilt binaries and
>> toolchain (yocto-eglibc-i686-i586-toolchain-gmae-1.0.tar.bz2,
>> bzImage-2.6.37-qemux86-1.0.bin and
>> yocto-image-minimal-dev-qemux86-1.0.rootfs.ext3).
>>
>> With Ubuntu 11.10 (Virtual Box), it fails with the same black screen.
>> With Debian Squeeze 6.0.3 (inside Virtual Box), it works fine.
>>
>> PS: For Ubuntu, poky-qemu script to pass libGL detection.
>
> Thank you for reporting this, I have filed the following bug to track 
> this issue:
>
> http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1971
>
> Are you using the default user interface (Unity) in your Ubuntu setup?
>
> Scott
>
Yes, I'm using the Unity user interface.

Just one detail. By mistake, yesterday I used Yocto 1.0 toolchain and 
pre-built binaries. I've tried again with with Yocto 1.1 and I did not 
need to change any script, but the black screen issue still occurs.