| Re: Noob questions [message #3563 is a reply to message #3549] |
Mon, 05 June 2006 05:59   |
Vasily Tarasov
Messages: 1345
Registered: January 2006
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Cliff Wells wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've decided to try out OpenVZ on my home system prior to using it on
>some servers. My plan was to continue to use my normal desktop but run
>some services (httpd at least) in a VE.
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>I ran into a couple issues, one that I have a fix for, and one that
>perhaps someone could shed some light on for me.
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>To start, XFS support was not compiled in, therefore I rebuilt from the
>src.rpm and added this (just a note).
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>General system info:
>FC4 (updated from the usual suspects: freshrpms, dag, etc)
>Athlon 1700+ (kernel built for i686)
>XFS filesystem on aic7xxx
>NVidia binary driver (dual head using twinview, xinerama off)
>ovzkernel-2.6.16-026test012.1 (rebuilt from src rpm)
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>2) I'm using the binary NVidia driver. It was initially unable to
>build because it couldn't locate Makefile.cpu. This was easily resolved
>by copying this file
>from /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/ovzkernel-2.6.16/linux-2.6.16/arch/i38 6/Makefile.cpu
>to /lib/modules/2.6.16-026test012.1/build/arch/i386/
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>3) After successfully getting X to start, I am unable to use the mouse.
>It moves only along a vertical axis in the center of the screen (this is
>the issue I could use help with). The mouse in question is a Logitech
>cordless USB mouse.
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>So regarding issue #3, is running X outside a VE not supported or have I
>simply run into a bug or configuration issue?
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>
There is no such limitation in openVZ.
I suppose it's a misconfiguation, maybe wrong driver is in use.
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>Cliff
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