Unsupported unix VM options (Re: Squeak on Linux server)
Joshua Gargus
schwa at fastmail.us
Wed Nov 22 01:04:19 UTC 2006
I don't think that he meant those kind of options, Andreas ;-)
However, I'll follow your lead to mention that some of the displayed
options are out of date. For example, on a 3.9-7 VM, the "-shm"
option gives me "unknown option: -xshm", even though it is listed by
"squeak -help".
Josh
On Nov 21, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Andreas Raab wrote:
> > What are my options?
> [araab at polygon.qwaq.com ~]$ squeak -help
> Usage: squeak [<option>...] [<imageName> [<argument>...]]
> squeak [<option>...] -- [<argument>...]
>
> OSS <option>s:
> -nomixer disable mixer (volume) adjustment
>
> FBDev <option>s:
> -fbdev <dev> use framebuffer device <dev> (default: /dev/
> fb)
> -kbmap <file> load keymap from <file> (default: use
> kernel keymap)
> -msdev <dev> use mouse device <dev> (default: /dev/psaux)
> -msproto <protocol> use the given <protocol> for the mouse
> (default: ps2)
> -vtlock disallow all vt switching (for any reason)
> -vtswitch enable keyboard vt switching (Alt+FNx)
>
> X11 <option>s:
> -browserWindow <wid> run in window <wid>
> -browserPipes <r> <w> run as Browser plugin using descriptors <r>
> <w>
> -cmdmod <n> map Mod<n> to the Command key
> -display <dpy> display on <dpy> (default: $DISPLAY)
> -fullscreen occupy the entire screen
> -headless run in headless (no window) mode
> -iconic start up iconified
> -lazy go to sleep when main window unmapped
> -mapdelbs map Delete key onto Backspace
> -nointl disable international keyboard support
> -notitle disable the Squeak window title bar
> -noxdnd disable X drag-and-drop protocol support
> -optmod <n> map Mod<n> to the Option key
> -swapbtn swap yellow (middle) and blue (right) buttons
> -xasync don't serialize display updates
> -xshm use X shared memory extension
> -glxdebug <n> set GLX debug verbosity level to <n>
>
> Common <option>s:
> -encoding <enc> set the internal character encoding
> (default: MacRoman)
> -help print this help message, then exit
> -memory <size>[mk] use fixed heap size (added to image size)
> -mmap <size>[mk] limit dynamic heap size (default: 1024m)
> -noevents disable event-driven input support
> -notimer disable interval timer for low-res clock
> -pathenc <enc> set encoding for pathnames (default: UTF-8)
> -plugins <path> specify alternative plugin location (see
> manpage)
> -textenc <enc> set encoding for external text (default:
> UTF-8)
> -version print version information, then exit
> -vm-<sys>-<dev> use the <dev> driver for <sys> (see below)
> Deprecated:
> -display <dpy> quivalent to '-vm-display-X11 -display <dpy>'
> -headless quivalent to '-vm-display-X11 -headless'
> -nodisplay quivalent to '-vm-display-null'
> -nomixer disable modification of mixer settings
> -nosound quivalent to '-vm-sound-null'
> -quartz quivalent to '-vm-display-Quartz'
>
> Notes:
> <imageName> defaults to `squeak.image'.
> -vtlock disables keyboard vt switching even when -vtswitch is
> enabled
> Using `unix:0' for <dpy> may improve local display performance.
> -xshm only works when Squeak is running on the X server host.
> If `-memory' is not specified then the heap will grow dynamically.
> <argument>s are ignored, but are processed by the Squeak image.
> The first <argument> normally names a Squeak `script' to execute.
> Precede <arguments> by `--' to use default image.
>
> Available drivers:
> vm-sound-null
> vm-sound-OSS
> vm-display-null
> vm-display-fbdev
> vm-display-X11
>
> Jimmie Houchin wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I am wanting to try Squeak on my Ubuntu 6.10 i386 server. It has a
>> simple basic server install which does not have xorg, alsa or any
>> other
>> such things.
>> I am using the standard 3.9 unix vm.
>> I have downloaded the headless seaside image and have tried to run it
>> and get this:
>> jimmie at elephant:# squeak -headless HlessSeaside3.9-7067.image
>> could not find module vm-display-X11
>> Aborted
>> What are my options?
>> Any help greatly appreciated.
>> Jimmie Houchin
>
>
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