Re: [vserver] Howto configure graphic card in a guest/Xorg-server configuration

From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert_at_13thfloor.at>
Date: Wed 24 Mar 2010 - 14:00:19 GMT
Message-ID: <20100324140019.GA9706@MAIL.13thfloor.at>

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:34:05PM +0200, Romberg Christo wrote:
> I'm trying to get X to work in a guest.

first, let me ask 'what is your goal?'

> On this page http://oldwiki.linux-vserver.org/MoreUbuntu it is
> written: "For accelerated Xorg, specific device nodes might
> need to be assigned for each seat, e.g. for NVidia driver
> /dev/nvidia*. Use the lspci command to find out PCI BusId?
> <http://oldwiki.linux-vserver.org/BusId?action=edit> to be assigned
> for each Xorg-Desktop (seat). Use lspci -X to get a suitable format
> for use in xorg.conf. "

> I've come to the conclusion that my graphics card has BusID: PCI:0:2:0
> - when I run 'lspci -vvv' I get the list of all PCI-devices, and I
> find:

> "00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel corporation 82865G
> Integrated Graphivs Contr... "

> Should I then copy the device nodes from host to guest or should I
> just reference it in the guest's xorg.conf file (e.g. Driver "intel",
> BusID "PCI:0:2:0") ?

you probably need to copy any devices the userspace
driver part (from xorg) uses when setting up the
graphics card into the guest

HTH,
Herbert
Received on Wed Mar 24 14:00:47 2010

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