Re: HVM support in sysutils/xentools33 included?

[Jens Rehsack <rehsack%googlemail.com@localhost>]

On 08/06/10 08:57, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> * Cc: list amended

Sorry, I thought ports-xen is for the development of the Xen port in the 
NetBSD kernel, not for configuration issues or package questions.

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> > Or must I explicitely configure when I wish a text console only via
> > xterm?
>
> Text console only is probably best done as a PV guest, not HVM. So you
> use xm create -c config or xm console domU-name once running.

PV guest? I couldn't find any information about this. Maybe I'm
overworked, but I try to get done as much as possible for a speech
on FrOSCon (thanks to Matthias Drochner I'm able to do it using
NetBSD as presentation platform).

> > > Here's what I have at the end of my HVM configuration file:
> > > sdl = 0
> > > vnc = 1
> > > vncdisplay = 0
> > > vncunused = 1
> > > vncpasswd=""
> > > vnclisten='127.0.0.1'
> > > keymap='en-gb'
> > > usb=1
> > > usbdevice='tablet'
> > >
> > > > Also the version difference between net/vnc and net/vncviewer
> > > > confuses me.
> > >
> > > net/vnc is the server side. You can use net/vncviewer to speak to an
> > > HVM Xen
> > > domU.
> > >
> > > "vncviewer localhost" will work with the above configuration (for the
> > > first
> > > domU).
> >
> > So I should create some aliases (.2, .3, .4) on my lo0 interface and
> > can have
> > multiple guests at the same time?
>
> No, you use different display numbers (same as port numbers less 5900)
> so vncserver localhost:1, etc. You can either use vncused=1 which just
> finds the next available display or hardwire them with vncdisplay=x

I try that out, thank you very much.

Jens