Hi Holden, But that Windows XP will be accessed on the same machine. Does VNC or RDP work without X?
In ASCII: | Windows XP | <---needs GUI +------------------------+ | Ubuntu Server | <---no X On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Holden Hao <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Do I have to install X on that machine? Will a guest OS that needs GUI > like > >>windows run without X on my host? > > > > Yes, X is required since KVM uses VNC technology to present you the > Windows GUI > > screen. > > Actually, no. The host does not need to have X windows to run guests > which have a GUI. You can run the guests on the background and access > them via VNC or RDP. > > > > Holden > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Michael R. Janapin PBTS Baguio City, Philippines http://mulingsilang.wordpress.com http://www.pbts.net.ph
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