Subject: Re: [vserver] Guests using X with X Server on Host
From: Mio Nilsson <mio@beepsend.se>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:21:48 +0100

Oliver Welter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to use vserver to run a set of application-servers as guests. 
> Unfortunately the app is controlled via a GUI, so I need a X Server 
> inside the guests from time to time to look at the apps...
>
> The box is remote and currently hosts only one app, the customer uses 
> vnc to connect to the box, which he wants to keep for commodity reasons.
>
> Is there a nicer way than running one X server inside every guest?
>
> TIA
>
> Oliver
>
Well, there's always Xvfb - which is a virtual framebuffer that works
like an X-server. You can find information about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvfb

-- 
Mio Nilsson

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