From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Subject: Re: protecting xen startup Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:39:30 +0000 Message-ID: <20041124103930.GM5146@lkcl.net> References: <20041123205152.GA5146@lkcl.net> <20041123215231.GE5146@lkcl.net> <41A3B319.6090401@fzu.cz> <20041124002137.GJ5146@lkcl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Mark Williamson Cc: Jan Kundr?t , Ian Pratt , xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 08:17:27AM +0000, Mark Williamson wrote: > >can i run an xserver in a separate guest OS and still allow the guest > >OS direct access to the screen? > > > >how is that done - via a framebuffer drive? > > > >tellmetellme!!!! > > There was a very brave chap who had a second PCI graphics card and a > second PCI USB controller, which he had given a domain (!=dom0) privileges > to access and was trying to persuade X to run. I'm not sure how far he's > got now but it's not straightforward. that's what i kinda figured: that the solution would open up a larger can of worms than the alternative. not that i'm happy with it but it appears to be the simplest solution. _another_ alternative which i don't believe offers _that_ much benefit is to run nomachine: /etc/apt/sources.list -> deb http://debian.tu-bs.de/knoppix/nx/slh-debian/ ./ then it'd be possible to turn the xen master domain into a thin client and have kde / gnome / fvwm / whatever running in a guest domain. ... but nomachine is quirky to set up, even with the packages being available at the above location. l. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/