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I recently tried out KVM on a laptop with a Core 2 Duo CPU. I had to change a BIOS setting to enable the hardware virtualization, and after doing that I found the VM guest seemed to run much faster than the equivalent VMware Workstation guest. On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Stephen Adler <adler-wRvlPVLobi1/31tCrMuHxg at public.gmane.org> wrote: > I do the same thing, run gnome, then on top of gnome/linux I run VMWare, it > boots into windows, then > I run VMWare/windows client in full screen mode. The problem is that the > sound quality in VMWare is > very poor due to the real time clock implementation running within VMWare, > so if I try to run any kind > of multi-media application I get poor results. Thus I want to get one level > closer to the hardware through > full virtualization and hopefully have good multi-media on both Linux and > Windows. The ideal setup > would be one in which I can run my full desktop on gnome/Linux and then > switch over to Windows and > then run a full GL video game.... > > ref wrote: >> >> On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 12:40 -0500, John Abreau wrote: >> >>> >>> You can always run a second X session on another console, and >>> run the Windows guest expanded to full-screen within that. >>> Something like >>> >>> startx /usr/bin/twm -- :1 >>> >>> Then toggle between them with Ctrl-Alt-F7 and Ctrl-Alt-F8. >>> If you don't specify an alternate startup item like twm, then >>> gnome will notice that you're already running a gnome session, >>> and exit from the :1 session immediately. >>> >>> >> >> I do this a lot with VMware. Once gnome boots up and I ahve my desktop, >> I open vmware. When XP boots, I run it full screen. Then to get back to >> Gnome I hit trl-AltF7, and to get to windows I need o use Ctrl-Alt-F8. >> It really is rather nifty for me as I do a lot of web development, and >> need to see what output looks like on windows systems, but do all my >> work in Linux (Currently Ubuntu 8.10, which so far is great) >> >> I have also added ano0ther logged on user, and then had my desktop on >> CA-F7, Windows on CA-f8, and my g/f's desktop on CA-F9 >> >> >> Richard >> >> >> >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Stephen Adler <adler-wRvlPVLobi1/31tCrMuHxg at public.gmane.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Thanks Bill, >>>> >>>> My home system is a core 2 quad Q9550. I believe it has the features >>>> needed to support full virtualization. (vmx) >>>> >>>> The bit which puzzles me, is how do the virtual machine share the >>>> graphics adapter? Is there some kind of virtual adaptor which which >>>> multiplexes down to the physical adapter? Or are the virtual systems >>>> running in a console-less mode and direct their output to some virtual >>>> serial port? >>>> >>>> Bill Bogstad wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Stephen Adler <adler-wRvlPVLobi1/31tCrMuHxg at public.gmane.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Guys, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm thinking I may take on virtualization as my holiday hobby. But >>>>>> before I do, I was wondering if the following concept actually applies >>>>>> to the linux zen kernels. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I assume you actually mean Xen. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Can I have linux and windows running virtually, on my desktop, and >>>>>> through some hot key, switch between then, console and all? In other >>>>>> words, say I'm running Linux in full desktop mode, with gnome running >>>>>> and icons on my desktop splashed across my dual monitor setup. Then by >>>>>> typing I dunno F12 or what ever, it switches to a windows desktop, >>>>>> where >>>>>> windows explorer now controls my dual monitor desktop and windows >>>>>> icons >>>>>> are splashed cross my dual monitor setup? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It depends. Since Microsoft doesn't support Xen paravirtualization, >>>>> you have to use full virtualization. >>>>> Xen only supports this on CPUs which have some hardware support for >>>>> virtualization. >>>>> Not all AMD or Intel CPUs do. See this random web link for some more >>>>> info on this subject: >>>>> >>>>> http://bobcares.com/index.php/blog/?p=121 >>>>> >>>>> Bottom Line: On the wrong CPU you can't use Xen at all to run >>>>> Windows... >>>>> >>>>> Bill Bogstad >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org >>>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr-iMZfmuK6BGBxLiRVyXs8+g at public.gmane.org / YAHOO abreauj / SKYPE zusa_it_mgr Email jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99
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