Robert: So, historically, wrt OpenSolaris, when SUN Microsystems was selling workstations running X-Windows, am I going too far back when Solaris zones were not being used for this use case? I know I must sound completely ignorant as to even be suggesting what I am trying to do. I just made this crazy assumption that as a descendant of OpenSolaris, that SmartOS would be able to assign the video resources in a highly flexible manner to accommodate this type of desktop on a locally attached display.
-M -----Original Message----- From: Robert Mustacchi [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:59 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; 'J Marc Edwards' Subject: Re: [smartos-discuss] Ubuntu desktop VM - VNC session not responding to mouse... On 1/13/15 13:53 , J Marc Edwards wrote: > I also recall in some communication with Jonathan Perkin that we can > run anything we want in the KVM zone. This communication was in the > context of running an Ubuntu desktop in the KVM zone. What I didn't > specifically say in that dialogue was that I was expecting the GNOME > desktop to be displayed on the monitor attached to the NUC. > > So, am I really just hosed here with SmartOS running as a "micro > cloud" on the NUC expecting that I could run KVM zones with graphical > desktops? As I never completely elaborated on my NUC/SmartOS > use-case, I want to run BOTH Ubuntu GNOME and Chromium OS graphical > desktops in KVM zones on the display attached to the NUC. > > What I seem to be hearing from you is that this is not possible. It's not possible with the current design you have. It will not be possible to have the NUC's video resources be used as the display that the KVM guest thinks is associated with its VGA adapter. That said there are a couple of options that you have here to proceed, at least from the top of my head: 1) Put X11 into the global zone and have it connect to those environments using something like X11 vnc. 2) It's just software, there's nothing that says what you want is strictly impossible. You could probably write some software that basically is a video multiplexor and try and multiplex that across your physical hardware and emulate your own kind of video adapter that can be used to share across the real adapter. Of course, the devil is certainly in the details on going down that path. But it all depends on the amount of work that you're willing to put into it. Robert ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
