<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I'm experimenting with xen on FC5 (as domU and dom0). The idea is to have a machine running dom0 with 4 guests, one of the guest would be my workstation/desktop (with gnome running), the others guests would be application/file/utilities servers. I would like to perform something like: - logon to the domU via ssh, from dom0 for example (I also have tried it with "xm console domU" from dom0, the result is the same) - run "startx" : that should bring the standard logon screen - after login, use the gnome desktop as from a standard standalone workstation But this does not work: startx does not start (first because the xorg.conf is not created. I've tried to run "X -configuration" to create xorg.conf, but the command fails also to create the xorg.conf file) BTW, on dom0 "startx" and the gnome desktop run perfectly Q: - Is it possible to configure X and run "startx" in a domU (I've read somewhere on the net that this is not possible...). If so how to do it? - What is the best way to get a full gnome desktop workstation that would run in domU like a standalone workstation? I've tried the "vnc" solution, it works great but have limitations (at least for me). and would greatly prefer what I described previsoulsy: (I don't know how to get the logon screen with vnc, the screen resolution can not be easily choosen/changed, the desktop to be somewhat "slower" than the "local" desktop) Thanks in advance for any advice or pointer. (I'm not really a newbee with linux, but I'm far from an expert...) </body> </html>