On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, hellekin wrote: > I followed the previous thread on X11 with attention as I'm trying the same > thing: I'd like my host to remain as small as possible while providing users > with an X11 interface. > > I started with adding CAP_SYS_RAWIO in the bcapabilities file and copying > /dev/tty0, /dev/tty7 and /dev/tty10 to the vserver. Then, startx would fail > with lack of /dev/mem, so I added it too. Then the mouse was missing, so I > put /dev/psaux. I'm not sure this is the right way to go but the setup > works. > > The nVidia video card (GeForce 6200) failed to load so I changed the server > to VESA and it worked fine. > > My question is triple: > > 1. is there a better way to run an X11 in a vserver?
Provide a generic in-kernel access method to graphic cards and make X11 use it. The current interface is incapable of doing this. > 2. how comes the nvidia module, loaded in the host, doesn't show up in the > vserver? Nobody cared to provide the strace showing the problem. Did you use the nvidia glide(?) library? > 3. what is the clean way to login to this host from the console? I moved a tty$n interface into the vserver and edited inittab to provide this console. This can be used to provide a console to 62 guests. > For (1.) I guess the /dev/mem can be a problem. An attacker can gain host root privileges using /dev/mem. -- Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself. _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
