Re: How to run KVM on non-X environment

[Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@guerrag.com>]

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On Tuesday 29 July 2008, Stephen Liu wrote:
> # kvm -hda ubuntu6.06.img -cdrom /dev/scd0 -m 512 -boot d -vnc :1
>
> It was hanging there.

it's not a hang.  it's running, but all feedback goes to the VNC port.  maybe 
you'd like it to run in the background, so you get the prompt back.  just add 
a '&' at the end:

kvm -hda ubuntu6.06.img -cdrom /dev/scd0 -m 512 -boot d -vnc :1 &

> On local desktop Xterm after ssh-connect the server;
>
> # netstat -antp
> Active Internet connections (servers and established)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address
> State       PID/Program name
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5901            0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      5682/kvm
> tcp        0      0 192.168.122.1:53        0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      5100/dnsmasq
> tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*
> LISTEN      5561/sshd
> tcp6       0      0 192.168.0.110:22        192.168.0.36:45338
> ESTABLISHED 5566/0
>
>
> Is the VM running?

yes, and port 5901 is VNC's port 1  (since you used -vnc :1)

you do need a VNC client.  it would be the 'screen and keyboard' of the 
virtual machine.  you need at least that to install an OS.  after that, you 
could setup any kind of network access you like directly to the VM (ssh, X, 
RDP, etc)


-- 
Javier

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