Booting genode/nova

[Norman Feske]

Hi Wolfgang,

I'm glad to see your progress!

There are no launchpad entries shown because launchpad could not obtain
its configuration. Please try adding '/genode/launchpad.config' as boot
module to your GRUB config. (in the snippet you posted, this file is
missing) Btw, you can find a GRUB-legacy configuration file for the demo
scenario at 'var/run/demo/boot/grub/menu.lst'. This file gets
automatically generated by the run tool. How about using a verbatim copy
of this file? As far as I know, GRUB-2 supports the loading of
GRUB-legacy configuration files.

The dark line at the top of the screen is preserved for status
information of the nitpicker GUI server. This is normal.

Is your mouse connected via PS/2? If not, the missing mouse cursor may
be caused by the input driver, i.e., the USB driver. You could try
replacing the PS/2 driver with the USB driver. Have a look at
'dde_linux/run/usb_hid.run' for an example of using the USB driver. I
recommend to first test the changed 'demo.run' script on Qemu using the
arguments found in the 'usb_hid.run' script. Once, you got it working in
Qemu, you could give it a try on real hardware.

For testing, it is very helpful to have Genode's LOG output available,
which is directed to the comport. Unfortunately, modern PCs don't have a
comport anymore. However, on most Intel-based PCs, there exists a
feature called AMT that allows for sending comport output over the
network. If you are interested in exploring this, it is worthwhile to
search for 'amtterm'.

Best regards
Norman

PS: Your question about the Raspberry Pi is not forgotten. I just
haven't found the time to try the current master branch on the Rpi yet.
Please stay tuned! ;-)

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