Run GUI in lxc container

[xtavras]

HI all,

general question - is it possible to run X server in lxc container on Proxmox? Fast googling shows it certainly possible, but if I start X with "startx" in debian 8 template's container I get fatal errors since /dev/tty0 does not exist, creating the later per hand doesn't solve problem, I assume there is need to touch lxc conf. files on Proxmox host. Does anybody knows which one?

Thanks.

 

[xtavras]

ok, nevermind, I've just installed xfvb and vnc4server, it works fine, this thread can be closed.

 

[mattlach]

When you do this, can you get console output in the management interface like with a KVM guest, or do you need to manually connect to the VNC server using a locally installed VNC client?

 

[xtavras]

Hi mattlach, I'm using locally installed vnc client (remmina) on my client.

 

[mattlach]

so, I wound up taking a slightly different approach to this usng X2go. This does not require any xserver or xvfb running on the guest.

First I installed LXDE in my Ubuntu container using apt-get, but with the --no-install-recommends option, so it doesn't pull in the entire X server which is just a waste of space.

Then I installed the x2go server in the container from the PPA as described here.

After that I just installed the x2go client on my desktop and connected without any trouble at all.

I was expecting this to be difficult, but this one just works. It was a positive surprise.