Xen users - Apr 2008 - Trying to get Xen to work with SDL

Hi,

I am somewhat new to Xen so am hoping someone can help me with an issue I have
been unable to resolve. I am sure it is a result of my lack of understanding...

I have been able to successfully build and run a domainU system running in text
mode in the Xen console and also using VNC to start up a graphical desktop. I
have not, however, been able to find out how to run a graphical desktop using
SDL.

I see this problem both on CentOS 5.1 and RHEL 5.1. I am using the standard Xen
packages supplied by the respective distributions (in both cases Xen 3.0.3).
When I start the domainU the SDL window appears (with a picture of a penguin in
the top left hand corner) and I see the OS boot messages for a while. The window
then disappears. If I connect to the console (using xm console) the system
appears to have continued to boot and I am able to log in. Once logged in at the
console I am also able to run startx which appears to start the X server and
desktop environment but I have no idea how I to go about viewing the running
desktop. Any advice about where I am going wrong, or any steps I am missing
would be much appreciated.

My configuration file is as follows:

kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen"
ramdisk = "/boot/initrd-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen.img"
memory = 256
name = "XenGuest1"
vfb = [ ''type=sdl'' ]
vif = [ '''' ]
dhcp = "dhcp"
disk = [''tap:aio:/home/nas/xen/image/XenGuest1.img,xvda1,w'',
''tap:aio:/home/nas/xen/image/XenGuest1.swap,xvda2,w'']
root = "/dev/xvda1 ro"

My /etc/X11/xorg.conf reads as follows:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Para virtual Framebuffer"
        Driver          "fbdev"
        Option          "fbdev"                 "/dev/fb0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Para virtual Framebuffer"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Xen Mouse"
        Driver  "mouse"
        Option  "Protocol"      "PS/2"
        Option  "Device"        "/dev/input/mouse0"
EndSection

Thanks

Neal


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