On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Negative <negativebinomial at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Do you have to use the local video at all? What happens if you use >> freenx and run in a session started from a remote NX client? >> > > Doesn't freenx use X? I haven't installed but will try it. Yes, it uses X, but it doesn't use the local video hardware. > What I did try was to leave X off on workstation and built a fedora guest. I > also connected to the workstation from another machine via ssh and I tried > running the virt-viewer via X-forwarding, it stayed up for about 10 or 15 > minutes and crashed. Since I could see the console on the work station then, > it showed a kernel panic. Not sure what that means. Freenx would at least keep the sesson active when you disconnect. > After rebooting I opened a terminal via ssh and it seems ok -- up for about > 30 minutes so far, I'll check in the morning. > > The trouble with that is I usually connect to the workshop via vnc, so I'm > not sure the guest will be of much use. A vncserver session not attached to the local console should also avoid local hardware issues - but freenx/NX is nicer to use. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com