On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 02:52:11PM +0100, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote: > Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> writes: > > > attached is a quick howto for NetBSD and xen 2.0. > > I just tried reconfiguring my laptop to run Xen, with NetBSD in domain > 0, and it works great, with just one problem: X isn't working right -- > it starts running, and doesn't crash, or quit until I ask it to, but > it shows only a black screen. I can switch back and forth between > virtual consoles as before: the only problem seems to be that I'm not > getting any non-black pixels on the console that's dedicated to X. > > Is X supposed to be supported in domain 0 already, or should I wait? Yes, mostly. I went through issues too because I was using the vesa driver. There is obviusly some trouble accessing the BIOS, the video BIOS and performing int10h calls. I'm not sure if it is to be expected or not. Using "ati" driver (which meant isntalling a newer X, I chose x.org from pkgsrc), it is working fine (it still complains about not being able to access the BIOS, but it still displays). You might run into troubles because of the (apparently broken) MTRR support (at least, with my kernel config, MTRR just doesn't compile, I haven't had time to look further). -- Quentin Garnier - cube%cubidou.net@localhost - cube%NetBSD.org@localhost "When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea." KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.
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