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<p>Joel H: Moved paragraph about qxl from the XFCE page to here, because it is more relevant here.</p> <hr /> <div>[http://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html QEMU] is a very flexible open source machine emulator and virtualizer. QEMU is able to virtualize x86, PowerPC, and S390 guests.<br /> <br /> = Install Alpine Linux in Qemu =<br /> {{:Install_Alpine_in_Qemu}}<br /> <br /> = Live mode =<br /> {{:Running_Alpine_in_Qemu_Live_mode}}<br /> <br /> = Advanced network configuration =<br /> <br /> {{:Running Alpine Linux As a QEMU networked Guest}}<br /> <br /> = Using Xorg inside Qemu =<br /> <br /> The video driver needed for Xorg inside Qemu is &lt;code&gt;xf86-video-modesetting&lt;/code&gt;.<br /> <br /> If you decided to use a ''qxl'' Video on KVM/Qemu guest, add this configuration to `/etc/X11/xorg.conf`<br /> <br /> {{Cmd|Section &quot;Device&quot;<br /> Identifier &quot;qxl&quot;<br /> Driver &quot;qxl&quot;<br /> Option &quot;ENABLE_SURFACES&quot; &quot;False&quot;<br /> EndSection}}<br /> <br /> = Run a guest OS on Alpine Linux using Qemu =<br /> {{Cmd|sudo apk add qemu-system-x86_64 qemu-ui-gtk}}<br /> {{Cmd|sudo modprobe kvm-intel}}<br /> {{Cmd|sudo addgroup user kvm}}<br /> Logout and login again so you become part of the kvm group<br /> {{Cmd|qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm -m 1024M -fda M6410220.IMG}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Virtualization]]</div>

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