From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kcimm-0003HN-Ty for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:36:16 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kcimm-0003Gi-CG for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:36:16 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50966 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kcimm-0003Gf-7I for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:36:16 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:55311) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kcimk-0000uW-Dq for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:36:15 -0400 Received: from int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (int-mx2.corp.redhat.com [172.16.27.26]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m88FZbkW002406 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:35:58 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m88FZQKJ010737 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:35:27 -0400 Received: from zweiblum.travel.kraxel.org (vpn-4-95.str.redhat.com [10.32.4.95]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m88FZP0j025207 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:35:26 -0400 Message-ID: <48C5463D.8090005@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:35:25 +0200 From: Gerd Hoffmann MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] opengl rendering in the sdl window References: <48BF4F4F.40208@codemonkey.ws> <48BFB318.206@eu.citrix.com> <20080905120214.GD1373@shareable.org> <48C16207.5090808@eu.citrix.com> <20080905165536.GA12606@redhat.com> <48C168CE.5040700@eu.citrix.com> <48C348D3.6070702@codemonkey.ws> <20080908134140.GF4947@shareable.org> <20080908134833.GQ2315@redhat.com> <48C53D24.8030803@redhat.com> <20080908150759.GB8465@shareable.org> In-Reply-To: <20080908150759.GB8465@shareable.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Jamie Lokier wrote: > Gerd Hoffmann wrote: >> Beside that I still think it would be a good idea to separate qemu and >> the gui into two separate processes, so you can close the GUI window and >> keep the VM running. It also solves the dependency issue for distros as >> the gtk frontend with all the dependencies can just go into a separate >> sub-package. > > Extending VNC with a "shared memory" extension, similar to Xlib's > MIT-SHM extension, and implementing it in QEMU and Gtk-VNC would be a > nice way to do this. Or use the monitor, which the gui needs anyway to implement the nice control buttons for the user. Which would it make easier to re-attach the gui to the vm as all you need to know is where the monitor is ... cheers, Gerd