Xen users - Feb 2007 - Re: What Debian SDL package for SDL with/in Xen?

On Wednesday 31 January 2007 19:56, Henning Sprang
wrote:
> > When I set "sdl=1" in the guest configuration file, and then
> > "xm start the-guest.cfg", to SDL window pops up.
> > When I use VNC, I can also connect. But I wonder why it doesnot work
the
> > SDL way...
> What so you mean/expect?
> You say "an SDL window pops up", that sounds alllright, as long
as you
> don''t tell us what''s wrong with it.
It _should_ pop up.
On my Debian installation, it does not.
May be am I missing something (a lib, or I dont know...)
On a default SuSe installation, it pops up, and I do want to use Debian on 
this box.

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On 2/1/07, Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina
<mihamina.rakotomandimby@etu.univ-orleans.fr>
wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 January 2007 19:56, Henning Sprang wrote:
> > > When I set "sdl=1" in the guest configuration file, and
then
> > > "xm start the-guest.cfg", to SDL window pops up.
> > > When I use VNC, I can also connect. But I wonder why it doesnot
work the
> > > SDL way...
> > What so you mean/expect?
> > You say "an SDL window pops up", that sounds alllright, as
long as you
> > don''t tell us what''s wrong with it.
>
> It _should_ pop up.
> On my Debian installation, it does not.
Ah! That wasn''t clear.

On Debian, root cannot easily start X programs, and in general, this
is not exactly a bad idea. Either you have to fiddle around with
Xauthority files or whatever is needed to get root to be allowed to
run X programs, or, this is what I do, run xm create with sudo as a
normal user.
You can also use gksudo, if you want to avoid the shell completely.

Henning.

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