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   Message 16,096 of 17,684   
   J.O. Aho to Arthur Hagen   
   Re: Xen + X11: even more confusion... :p   
   11 Feb 08 20:35:09   
   
   From: user@example.net   
      
   Arthur Hagen wrote:   
   > J.O. Aho  wrote:   
   >> Aragorn wrote:   
   >>   
   >> First of all, not much in Xen at all...   
   >>   
   >>> So, again, if I'm not mistaken, then one would still need to be   
   >>> running an X11 session in /dom0/ or possibly even on another   
   >>> networknode and connect to the /domU/ session using /vncviewer/ or   
   >>> some X11 forwarding?  Is this correct?   
   >>   
   >> Using any of these methods will negate your OpenGL acceleration.   
   >   
   > X11 itself supports remote OpenGL, but Gentoo doesn't allow you to   
   > compile xorg-server with GLX extension, even if you have the mesa   
   > libraries installed.   
   > If you need to use X remotely and want OpenGL (and, of course, your   
   > client supports it too), the solution is to compile your own xorg-server.   
      
   Thats good to know, I thought you needed XiG with it's closed source drivers   
   to get that, maybe I should take a look at this myself too.   
      
      
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