On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:40 AM, TuxRaiderPen <tuxraider...@wpascanner.com> wrote: > I am in a situation where I am looking to possibly use LXC as a way to run ONE > specific program that needs an X desktop. > > What I am comparing is LXC v. my normal method a VM. > > Why do I need to run one program... email. I only use KMail, but since > changes to that program are not to my liking (outside the scope of this list), > and I would like to upgrade my main box to the latest ESR release, 14.04. > > BUT I need my Kmail! (Thanks, but I am a Kmail only person, no other program > meets my approval, thanks.) > > I would Xephyr to the LXC container > > The setup would be > > LXC from 14.04 > > LXC container with the last normal KMail, I think 11.04/11.10? with X, and > then I just Xephyr into it, basically it creates a window that has my email > running.
The easiest way would be to treat the container like any other remote host. I'm not familiar with kmail, so I assume it can be started standalone without having to start the full kde desktop? If yes, then the easiest way is to either: - allow tcp X access on the host, set the container to use that (i.e. export DISPLAY=HOST_IP_ADDRESS:0.0) and then start the program. OR - use something like x2go: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:deployment-stories:start . Install the server part on the container, the client part on the host, and configure it to start a single application (i.e. Kmail) -- Fajar _______________________________________________ lxc-users mailing list lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users
