From owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Fri Oct 30 17:02:52 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F02D6A21C27 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:02:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lausts@acm.org) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B74F91A1E for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:02:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lausts@acm.org) Received: from [173.88.10.122] ([173.88.10.122:17578] helo=mail.laus.org) by cdptpa-oedge03 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id F2/F4-09445-6B2A3365; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:02:46 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (laust2 [192.168.1.100]) by mail.laus.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id t9UH2iqi050967 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:02:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lausts@acm.org) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.laus.org: Host laust2 [192.168.1.100] claimed to be [192.168.1.100] From: "Thomas Laus" Organization: ABB To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:02:40 -0400 Subject: Does a Xen Dom0 require X to function Reply-to: lausts@acm.org Message-ID: <5633A2B0.22403.45280A@lausts.acm.org> Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.70) X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.142:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:02:53 -0000 List: I finally found a PC that had all of the necessary CPU instructions. It is my company issued i7 laptop. I loaded FreeBSD Current on a spare hard drive and Xen is able to start and the 'xl list' shows that my DomU is loaded and running. I just get a black screen when attempting a vncviewer connection to the Dom0 address from another computer. I have not been able to get X to start on this Lenovo W540 laptop because of known Xorg problems separating the Intel 4600 primary display and the Nvidia graphic chip for the docking station. I wanted to test the functionality of Xen on FreeBSD before commiting to purchase a new motherboard and CPU that supports VT-d and EPT. I also got a xenserver syntax error when following the example configuration shown on the FreeBSD Wiki writeup. The 'vnclisten = 0.0.0.0' should have quotes around it. It should read vnclisten = "0.0.0.0" Tom -- Public Keys: PGP KeyID = 0x5F22FDC1 GnuPG KeyID = 0x620836CF