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adam_q

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Registered: 2014-09-24

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Run archlinux32 in a container with shared X?

Hi,

I'm so tired of all the lib32-gst-plugins* hassle in Archlinux, but I don't want to move back to 32bit arch (archlinux32) just for certain wine games. (Mostly for visual novels, as their OP/ED needs extra codecs provided by 32bit gst plugins).

So I'm wondering if it's possible to run a container with Archlinux32 rootfs, while still shares the host X and audio (64bit archlinux).

I understand the best and sane way to get rid of all the codec hassles is VM, but at least please let me try before getting a windoge VM.

Thanks.

Trilby

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Re: Run archlinux32 in a container with shared X?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … g_programs

Note that X is always "shared" as it is a client-server configuration.  It just so happens that on many home computers, the client and server run on the same machine - but they can just as well run on completely different physical machines, so certainly running one of them in a container is trivial.

Last edited by Trilby (2019-06-08 14:06:34)

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pilona

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Registered: 2014-07-01

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Re: Run archlinux32 in a container with shared X?

Your only thing to check about 32 and 64 bit that is inherent to it, off the top of my head, is whether the X11 protocol uses well-defined field sizes in the protocol (e.g., uint32_t), including defining padding, instead of int, long, or something else that is architecture-dependent.

seth

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Re: Run archlinux32 in a container with shared X?

1. the thread is 7 years old
2. what "lib32-gst-plugins* hassle"?
3. gstreamer is optional for wine anyway
4. "games" makes it very unlikely that anyone wants to run a "remote" X11 server w/ indirect GLX - any kind of VM will likely perform better.

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WorMzy

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Re: Run archlinux32 in a container with shared X?

Mod note: closing.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22

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