A simple google search returned this: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM I don't know if it is helpful or not. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Bob Hoffman <bob at bobhoffman.com> wrote: > chris hawker wrote > ========================== > > Sorry if I seem a bit dumb in this question, but are these virtual > servers going to be used in a production environment or are they test > servers? Also, in my experience, using a GUI on a server is not really > necessary, as everything can be done from the command line. Yes it may > be easier to do it with a GUI, but if you know what you are doing and > what to do it professionally, stick to using the command line and > give the idea of using a desktop the flick. > > =========================== > > I do not want to use the desktop. I am in command line. It will not work. > You cannot > install a guest (production server, not test) without some kind of > installation walk through. > a text install, a vnc, sdl, whatever...it should be able to open a window > to do so. > > the only way I could get it to work was a full install of gnome and that is > not workable. > so little online with KVM and centos6, most are xen. > > For some reason the virt-viewer and anything else cannot access my video > for some reason. > From looking online, this is a common issue among command line > virt-installs..but no one > ever posts a final solution..lol > > So far, after a few weeks of this, I have been unable to install, via > command line, one guest. > I cannot get any kind of installer to come up in any kind of > window/gui/etc. > > very frustrating. Just sitting here with my useless brick of a computer > unable to deploy it. > Gonna call supermicro today and ask about the es1000. > Also will try to install xorg to get to the xorg.conf and see if that can > help, however most > errors are deeper in the boot than xorg. > Gonna try playing with the devices in grub I guess too. > Was thinking of getting a second card and trying to see if that would work. > > bugzilla had tons of people complaining about issues like this one...it is > probably the es1000 > choking the system....can't think of anything else that would cause > displays that try to start to > just die. > > However, in full gnome, it works flawlessly...so that theory is a little > off... Card must be working. > Must be a setting in the basic 'virtual host' package that needs fine > tuning. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker