Re: [Xen-users] Xen without the X

[Michael Watters <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> Shane D. Johnson wrote:
> > Michael,
> >    I say your post yesterday and to I compiled X11R7.2 up to the libs 
> > only and tried Xen again and still had the same result.  Do I need to 
> > go further and compile more of X11?  I am having a hard time 
> > understanding why even the libs are needed and why I can't just get 
> > the kernels and tools I need without them?  Can anyone shed some 
> > light on why this is?
> Because unless you want to spend quite a lot of time reverse 
> engineering the Xen installer to exclude the X-based utilities, like 
> support for the VNC consoles, it's probably not worth the pain.
> This is where a managed software system like deb or RPM has an 
> advantage: the components like libraries and include files are already 
> segmented out for you, to support exactly this sort of requirement.
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Exactly.  Install CentOS, select the "Virtualization" option, and you're 
done.  Well, there is a 2nd step.
yum install xauth vncviewer

xauth depends on xorb-libs which will be installed automatically, that 
should be all you need to get domUs running and view them using VNC.
You may also want to set selinux=0 in the kernel options in GRUB, I 
couldn't get domains to boot an iso file with it enabled.  I'm sure 
there's a way to set SELinux to allow it but didn't have time to mess 
with it.
I'm a big fan of the KISS principle, compiling everything from source is 
a waste of time for almost no gain.
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