On 08/28/2012 04:23 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > I am nearing the end of a project that moved our disparate services > and hosts onto kvm virtualized servers. What I am now contemplating > is setting up my desktop as a virtual host and using one of the guests > as my primary workstation. > > However, I am not sure how this would work in practice. I am > accustomed to working with virtual instances via ssh (a terminal > window) and with my desktop system in a Gnome window manager. Is > there a reference somewhere that outlines the mechanics of logging > into a virtual guest's graphical desktop directly from the physical > console of the kvm host system? > > I'm not sure what your benefit is to not use your host but a VM running on it. You could consider to use XDMP. You still need a (local) X server (gdm), but then choose remote logon usign XDMCP. On the virtual machine use gdmsetup to allow remote access or use this link: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Installation_Guide/s2-trouble-remotex.html