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Re: Xen + X11: even more confusion... :p
Arthur Hagen wrote:
> J.O. Aho <user@example.net> wrote:
>> Aragorn wrote:
>>
>> First of all, not much in Xen at all...
>>
>>> So, again, if I'm not mistaken, then one would still need to be
>>> running an X11 session in /dom0/ or possibly even on another
>>> networknode and connect to the /domU/ session using /vncviewer/ or
>>> some X11 forwarding? Is this correct?
>>
>> Using any of these methods will negate your OpenGL acceleration.
>
> X11 itself supports remote OpenGL, but Gentoo doesn't allow you to
> compile xorg-server with GLX extension, even if you have the mesa
> libraries installed.
> If you need to use X remotely and want OpenGL (and, of course, your
> client supports it too), the solution is to compile your own xorg-server.
Thats good to know, I thought you needed XiG with it's closed source drivers
to get that, maybe I should take a look at this myself too.
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//Aho
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