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Re: [Xen-users] SDL display of HVMs -- how?

To: James Holmes <jdh@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] SDL display of HVMs -- how?
From: Hugo Mills <hugo-xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:37:49 +0100
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On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 04:19:21PM -0500, James Holmes wrote:
> Hugo Mills wrote:
> >    I'm having some trouble working out how to make the SDL interface
> > for HVM domUs appear. The documentation simply says "it will appear"
> > when you start the domU, but doesn't state what packages or libraries
> > are needed in order for this magic to happen, or explain how to debug
> > it if it doesn't happen. All that I'm getting at the moment is a domU
> > (running WinXP -- I installed with the VNC interface) starting up, and
> > no way of interacting with it.
> >
> >    I'm using Xen from hg of last week, and Debian testing as the Dom0.
> >
> >    Is there some documentation that I've missed, or could anyone shed
> > some light on this issue for me?
>
> I don't think installing SDL-devel after Xen is installed will do
> anything for you. You need to install SDL-devel (or more specifically
> the development header files) before compiling Xen from source.

   See my later mails -- I've done this: installed as many SDL -dev
packages as I can find, and recompiled Xen. Still no luck. How does
Xen determine whether to build with SDL support or not?

   Hugo.

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