Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-02-03 Thread Maxim Veksler
On 2/1/07, Fraser Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 31 January 2007 10:52, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 09:47:29AM -0500, Matt Price wrote: yes, I know. the core-duo hcips seem the obvious hcoice, probably either a thinkpad x60 or a sony sz series. Make

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-02-03 Thread Fraser Campbell
On Saturday 03 February 2007 05:20, Maxim Veksler wrote: How can I tell if my CPU support VT? vmx flags which you have should be good enough. I believe vme is related but I'm not sure that it would be good enough by itself. Could you please post your /proc/cpuinfo for comparison? Sorry, I

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-02-01 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 06:59:44PM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: Nope, core duo is fine as well. I have a Dell inspiron 6400 with a T2400 (IIRC) ... definitely a core duo and definitely has VT. All core duos from T2200 and up (if not earlier) should have VT capability. I've tried HP,

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-31 Thread Fraser Campbell
On Tuesday 30 January 2007 18:26, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:25:37PM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: The last time I tried KVM (probably release 5) Windows was very sluggish under it. One very noticeable problem was that the clock ran way too fast (minutes going by

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-31 Thread Matt Price
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 18:24 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:06:05PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: My girlfriend is buying a new computer a month or two from now and I'm hoping to convince her to let me install ubuntu feisty on it, and set up a windows VM using the new

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-31 Thread celejar
I'm also thinking of trying to run Windows (XP MCE 2005) virtually (Xen, KVM, or qemu) to operate a USB webcam unsupported under linux. I'm wondering whether the MS product registration / activation will be too much of a hassle. My copy of Windows came installed on the box, but when I reinstall

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-31 Thread celejar
On 1/31/07, Matt Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/31/07, celejar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also thinking of trying to run Windows (XP MCE 2005) virtually (Xen, KVM, or qemu) to operate a USB webcam unsupported under linux. I'm wondering whether the MS product registration / activation

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-31 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 09:47:29AM -0500, Matt Price wrote: yes, I know. the core-duo hcips seem the obvious hcoice, probably either a thinkpad x60 or a sony sz series. Make that Core 2 Duo. The core Duo probably won't do it at all. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-31 Thread Fraser Campbell
On Wednesday 31 January 2007 10:52, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 09:47:29AM -0500, Matt Price wrote: yes, I know. the core-duo hcips seem the obvious hcoice, probably either a thinkpad x60 or a sony sz series. Make that Core 2 Duo. The core Duo probably won't do it at

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-30 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:06:05PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: My girlfriend is buying a new computer a month or two from now and I'm hoping to convince her to let me install ubuntu feisty on it, and set up a windows VM using the new KVM module and rdesktop. The idea of the VM is to let her use

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-30 Thread Fraser Campbell
On Tuesday 30 January 2007 18:06, Matt Price wrote: My girlfriend is buying a new computer a month or two from now and I'm hoping to convince her to let me install ubuntu feisty on it, and set up a windows VM using the new KVM module and rdesktop. The idea of the VM is to let her use

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-30 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:25:37PM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: The last time I tried KVM (probably release 5) Windows was very sluggish under it. One very noticeable problem was that the clock ran way too fast (minutes going by in seconds). Wasn't KVM just merged like a few weeks ago?