Subject: Re: [vserver] About running X server on guest
From: Nicolas Cadou <ncadou@cobi.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:39:39 -0400
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:39:39 -0400
Le August 29, 2008, Stephen Liu a écrit :
>  I have full X installation on Host running Gnome desktop.  Just
>  finished installing xserver-xorg-core, xorg, fluxbod, gdm and firefox
>  on the Guest.  Installation went throught without problem.  After
>  reboot the Guest, running "vserver vserser1 restart", startx failed.
>
>
>  # startx
>  xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/satimis/.Xauthority
>  xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/satimis/.Xauthority
>  xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/satimis/.Xauthority
>  xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/satimis/.Xauthority

Are you running startx on the host on in the guest? You could find out what is 
locking .Xauthority using lsof or fuser.

>  The /dev/tty0 seems non existing.  Can vserver emulates hardware?  Is
>  there any solution?  TIA

Linux-VServer does not emulate any hardware, it just restricts what a 
particular guest may use.

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Nicolas Cadou

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