On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com> wrote: > > The reason I asked is that I run an ISP, it would be spiffy to have > one > machine that I can bring up multiple OS's fully functional to troubleshoot > various issues customers have. Already have virtual machines for > infrastructure but they are all Linux (CentOS or Scientific Linux). > This is pretty much the reason I dabbled with Windows on KVM -- for our tech support guys. If I find any definitive information I'll share it. I hope one of us finds a solution! > > > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- > Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and Hosting. > Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script readers. > See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) 246-6874 > . > > On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, SilverTip257 wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 19:16:52 -0500 > > From: SilverTip257 <silvertip257 at gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS > <centos-virt at centos.org> > > To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS < > centos-virt at centos.org> > > Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] Windows Direct-X and Virtualization > > > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Is there anyway to run a Windows machine as a virtual machine and > have > > > direct-X display on the host console in full screen mode? If anyone > has > > > this > > > working can you tell me what hardware, drivers, etc you are using? > Thank > > > you. > > > > > > > > There's a driver other than the default video driver (Cirrus? I think) > that > > is supposed to be quicker for Windows (I can't seem to find the > materials I > > read months ago). In testing I found that this driver wouldn't support > > higher resolutions, so I abandoned it. I don't run Windows VMs in > > production, so I've not experimented much with it in KVM. > > > > What I'm reading is that Direct-X support is iffy. [0] [1] > > > > [0] http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=280013 > > [1] > > > http://penguininside.blogspot.com/2009/06/getting-3d-acceleration-on-virtualbox.html > > > > Maybe someone will speak up who has worked with Windows on KVM quite a > bit > > more than I have. > > > > > > > > > > > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- > > > Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and > Hosting. > > > Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script > readers. > > > See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) > 246-6874 > > > . > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > CentOS-virt mailing list > > > CentOS-virt at centos.org > > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > > > > > > -- > > ---~~.~~--- > > Mike > > // SilverTip257 // > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 // -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20130201/a5133103/attachment-0006.html>