From: user@example.net   
      
   Aragorn wrote:   
   > On Sunday 06 July 2008 19:36, someone who identifies as *J.O. Aho* wrote   
   > in /alt.os.linux.gentoo:/   
   >   
   >> The idea was to have to graphics cards, each dedicated to it's own   
   >> instance of X (sharing a graphics card makes it so slow) and for one   
   >> instance it had been enough with my old ATi Remote.   
   >   
   > That is possible, yes.  However, be advised that you'll probably want to   
   > have a videocard dedicated to /dom0,/ in order to see boot-up and shutdown   
   > messages.   
   >   
   > I wouldn't advise running X inside /dom0./  You'd be introducing a stability   
   > hazard - i.e. a proprietary video driver - to the controller/driver domain,   
   > and if it gives you trouble, it'll take down all /domU/ virtual machines   
   > with it.   
      
   The idea above was for a xenless setup, for the xen environment I have 3   
   graphics cards, one for dom0 (console only), one for the desktop domU   
   and yet another for mediapalyer domU.   
      
   The funny thing with dom0 is that the cursor is misplaced, it's 4-5   
   positions to the left, which makes it a bit difficult to edit, at the   
   moment I ssh to the machine, which makes it a lot easier.   
      
      
   >> At the moment I'm back with Xen dom0 on Linux, got the 2.6.21 kernel to   
   >> boot now, i had to make a BIOS change and make the SATA to work with   
   >> AHCI.   
   >   
   > Make sure you have PCI passthrough enabled in the /dom0/ kernel, under the   
   > Xen options... ;-)   
      
   I did select Virtual PCI, which supposed to work, just   
   renaming/numbering the the exported devices.   
      
      
   >> At the moment the nic isn't working, I may have to back port sky2   
   >> driver from 2.6.22,   
      
   It turned out it was working, just that the firewire got to become the   
   eth0 for some reason, which made the nic to become eth1/eth2 and   
   wouldn't work as I had configured only eth0.   
      
      
   >> another trouble I have is the keyboard, don't seem   
   >> to work, I'll test with a PS/2 one too before taking more look at the   
   >> options I have selected. At least something going in the right direction.   
   >   
   > Well, I try to stay away from USB for HID anyway.  I do have a Logitech   
   > cordless mouse - MX-1000, I believe  - but it's plugged into the PS/2 mouse   
   > port, and the keyboard is PS/2 too.  In my humble opinion, that's not what   
   > USB was invented for, and I can think of far better use for my USB   
   > ports. ;-)   
      
   Nowadays there are so many USB ports that one don't know what to do with   
   all of them, think I have 10 on this machine and I'm used to have only   
   6, to have a keyboard to the desktop and one for the dom0, I will need   
   one setup to go with USB.   
      
      
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