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
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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
Received on Mon Dec 28 19:12:52 2009