[Fedora-xen] recompile for using sdl and vnc

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 11:22:17AM +0100, mathieu rohon wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using fedora 7 with xen 3.1 from binaries rpm.
> I try to use the sdl display, but when i configure my VM with
> 
> *<graphics type='sdl'/>
> *
> no window pops up.
> Thanks to goolgle, I've found someone how got the same issue, and it
> seems that qemu-dm was not compile whith sdl support.
> What is the best way to recompile qemu-dm whith sdl support?
> 
> In fact, I'd like to have sdl for local display of my VM, and vnc for
> remote access to it.

You can't have both. You have to choose one, and VNC is the only sane
one to choose. SDL sucks because if your X session dies, it kills the
SDL window & thus kills your VM. Not cool. The 'virt-viewer' program
can be used to popup a minimal window for a VNC display whether local
or remote.

Dan.
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