On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Nirmal Guhan <vavat...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Christoph Willing <c.will...@uq.edu.au> > wrote: >> >> On 11/12/2010, at 1:04 AM, Matto Fransen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 10:21:49PM -0800, Nirmal Guhan wrote: >>> >>>> Has anyone tried running a GUI app (firefox for instance) inside a >>>> container or as an application container? Just want to know if this >>>> requires any special steps before I tread that path. Am using Fedora >>>> 12 for both host and container. >>>> >>> >>> It is no problem to run GUI apps in a container. >>> I have set up one of my containers as an X-server. From an >>> old laptop I do "X -query <ip-number> and run the window-manager >>> that is installed on the container. >>> >>> You can use ssh -X to log in into the container and start >>> your X-app. >> >> >> Most of my containers are without X (run level 3). When I have one that >> needs a X environment I start an Xvfb with a simple window manager (mwm) >> using a boot script. When I need gui type access to it, I run x11vnc in the >> container and access that environment from anywhere with vncviewer. >> >> >> chris >> >> >> Christoph Willing +61 7 3365 8316 >> QCIF Access Grid Manager >> University of Queensland >> >> > > Do I need to start container with X (level 5?). I tried these steps : > 1. Start container in level 3. > 2. lxc-console into container > 3. Run Xvfb (that returned error as) > #Xvfb :0 -screen 0 1024x768x16 -ac & > SELinux: Invalid object class mapping, disabling SELinux support. > (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so failed > (/usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such > file or directory) > (EE) GLX: could not load software renderer > 4. Run mwm > # mwm > Error: Can't open display: 0.0 > I have set display to 0.0 > > If I start Xvfb with no options I still get the above errors. > > Any idea on what I am missing? > > Thanks, > Nirmal > Worked after setting the display to "ipaddress:0". BTW, a naive question. Is it possible to start the container itself in level 5 as I do for host so I don't have to use vnc stuff ? --Nirmal
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