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.

Isn't this where VMGL comes in? If I understand correctly, then you load
something called "vmglext" as a module in X.Org.

> 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.

My problem isn't so much that I couldn't get X11 to work in /domU/ -
apparently, that much is possible - but that it would seem that I wouldn't
actually be able to do the GUI work from within /domU,/ and thus that I
would still need to run X11 in /dom0,/ which defeats the whole purpose of
my plan as it renders the management virtual machine/driver domain
vulnerable to the quirks of X11 and proprietary video drivers, and thus it
would also mean that the availability of the dedicated servers running
in /domU/ virtual machines couldn't be guaranteed. :-/
--
Aragorn
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)