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Re: [Xen-users] how can i run X (gnome) in xen.

To: Mustafa Abbasi <lordverminard@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] how can i run X (gnome) in xen.
From: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:17:22 -0600
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You cannot run X in a DomU as DomU's don't have physical access to the graphics hardware.

You can, however, run Xvnc within the DomU and run GDM within that. See the wiki for more details.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

Mustafa Abbasi wrote:

i want to be able to run gnome in xen. i used a ubuntu partition and used that as domU. now i can't seem to get gnome to work. everytime i try /etc/init.d/gdm start it say that gdm is already started. what am i doing wrong. is ti because gdm is running on another run-level?? how do i change run-levels in the DomU.
i am using debian sarge as Dom0

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