[Fedora-xen] Gnome desktop in domU? (aka xorg and startx problems in domU)

Sun Apr 9 00:08:37 UTC 2006

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Right now you can't use native X the way you desire, that will probably come at
some point in the future. VNC generally works well if you tweak it a bit. For
example. you can configure VNC to start automatically for certain users at boot
time. See these articles for more info:

http://www.redhat.com/magazine/006apr05/features/vnc/
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/007may05/features/vnc/

-Sam

On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 09:09:33PM -0400, Denis Forveille wrote:
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> <font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">I'm experimenting with xen on FC5
> (as domU and dom0).<br>
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> The idea is to have a machine running dom0 with 4 guests, one of the
> guest would be my
> workstation/desktop (with gnome running), the others guests would be
> application/file/utilities servers.<br>
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> <font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">I would like to perform something
> like:<br>
> - logon to the domU via ssh, from dom0 for example (</font></font><font
>  size="-1"><font face="Verdana">I also have tried it with "xm console
> domU" from dom0, the result is the same)</font></font><br>
> <font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">- run "startx" : that should bring
> the standard logon screen<br>
> - after login, use the gnome desktop as from a standard standalone
> workstation<br>
> <br>
> But this does not work: startx does not start (first because the
> xorg.conf is not created. I've tried to run "X -configuration" to
> create xorg.conf, but  the command fails also to create the xorg.conf
> file)<br>
> BTW, on dom0 "startx" and the gnome desktop run perfectly<br>
> <br>
> Q: <br>
> - Is it possible to configure X and run "startx" in a domU (I've read
> somewhere on the net that this is not possible...). If so how to do it?<br>
> </font></font><font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">- What is the best
> way to get a full gnome desktop workstation that would run in domU like
> a standalone workstation?<br>
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> I've tried the "vnc" solution, it works great but have limitations (at
> least for me). and would greatly prefer what I described previsoulsy:<br>
> (I don't know how to get the logon screen with vnc, the screen
> resolution can not be easily choosen/changed,  the desktop to be
> somewhat "slower" than the "local" desktop)<br>
> <br>
> Thanks in advance for any advice or pointer.<br>
> <br>
> (</font></font><font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">I'm not really a
> newbee with linux, but I'm far from an expert...</font></font>)<br>
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