[Lxc-users] Running XOrg in a container

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 08/23/2010 01:13 PM, lxc at jelmail.com wrote:
>    
>> With some tweaks that maybe possible, but IMHO it is not adequate.
>> Lxc is not like QEMU/KVM or Virtualbox, the hardware is not virtualized,
>> so you may have conflicts with the differents X server because they will
>> share the same hardware (eg. different resolutions in different
>>      
> containers).
>
> It should be adequate for what I want to do. I can already run multiple X
> servers on the host and switch between them (e.g. Alt-F7, Alt-F8). This
> works fine with no problems.
>    
Interesting, do you have any pointer explaining how to setup this ?

> I just want to containerise the separate environments with a view towards
> keeping the host environment as lean and clean as possible. It will make
> for an easier life maintaining the host.
>
> IMHO, using ssh won't work when you need to make use of the 3D graphics
> card.

Ok.

>   I may be wrong here but I believe direct hardware access is the only
> way. I've proved to myself it works outside containers - all I now need is
> to be able to containerise my configuration.
>    

Ok, if running several X server is valid, I think containerize them is 
not a problem.

> What's stopping me doing that right now is the inability to configure
> access to /dev/mem which I think the container needs.
>    

Is it possible to copy the content of the host's /dev directory to the 
container's /dev ?

eg. cp -a /dev /var/lib/lxc/<name>/rootfs/dev

and then run the container.



Thanks
   -- Daniel