Re: [vserver] Karmic guest problem with xorg and mtrr

From: Michael S. Zick <mszick_at_morethan.org>
Date: Mon 28 Dec 2009 - 20:03:17 GMT
Message-Id: <200912281403.19596.mszick@morethan.org>

On Mon December 28 2009, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 05:01 -0600, Michael S. Zick wrote:
> > On Sun December 27 2009, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > > Hello, all. We are trying to install an Ubuntu Karmic amd64 guest onto
> > > a CentOS 5.4 VServer host running kernel 2.6.28.7-vs2.3.0.36.7. apt-get
> > > install xserver-xorg is failing on configuration. We are seeing errors
> > > such as:
> > >
> > > kernel: vxW: [XsysctlX,31495:#40042|40042|40042] denied 22 access to
> > > proc:ffff8801b15ca7b0[#0,65478792]
> > >
> >
> > By design, guests do not have access to the host hardware.
> >
> > You can reduce the isolation provided to a guest by granting it the
> > access to hardware and/or changing its capability sets.
> > For X11, that is a whole lot of added capabilities to keep it happy.
> >
> > Or you can run your graphics using non-hardware X11, such as VNC.
> >
> > You should be able to find information on both solutions in the Wiki.
> >
> > Mike
> > > >From what I've seen on other threads, it seems like it is trying to do
> > > something to /proc/mtrr. We'll do battle with this on Monday but, if
> > > someone knows what this is off the top of their head and can point us in
> > > the right direction, we'd certainly appreciate it. Thanks - John
> <snip>
> Thanks. Just getting back to this now. That is what we do - these are
> virtual desktops which we deliver using NX either via NoMachine's or
> X2Go's (www.x2go.org) implementation. It worked fine under Hardy but
> something must have changed in Karmic. I'll keep digging and let the
> list know what I find. If anyone has already fought this battle, please
> let me know! - John
>

Karmic uses a much newer kernel, complete with changes in the mtrr handling
and a different version of X11 to match.

You should be able to run the Karmic installation with the older kernel (I think).

Mike
>
>
Received on Mon Dec 28 20:04:03 2009

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