The reason I asked is that I run an ISP, it would be spiffy to have one machine that I can bring up multiple OS's fully functional to troubleshoot various issues customers have. Already have virtual machines for infrastructure but they are all Linux (CentOS or Scientific Linux). -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and Hosting. Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script readers. See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) 246-6874. On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, SilverTip257 wrote: > Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 19:16:52 -0500 > From: SilverTip257 <silvertip257@xxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS <centos-virt@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS <centos-virt@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Windows Direct-X and Virtualization > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Robert Dinse <nanook@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Is there anyway to run a Windows machine as a virtual machine and have > > direct-X display on the host console in full screen mode? If anyone has > > this > > working can you tell me what hardware, drivers, etc you are using? Thank > > you. > > > > > There's a driver other than the default video driver (Cirrus? I think) that > is supposed to be quicker for Windows (I can't seem to find the materials I > read months ago). In testing I found that this driver wouldn't support > higher resolutions, so I abandoned it. I don't run Windows VMs in > production, so I've not experimented much with it in KVM. > > What I'm reading is that Direct-X support is iffy. [0] [1] > > [0] http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=280013 > [1] > http://penguininside.blogspot.com/2009/06/getting-3d-acceleration-on-virtualbox.html > > Maybe someone will speak up who has worked with Windows on KVM quite a bit > more than I have. > > > > > > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- > > Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and Hosting. > > Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script readers. > > See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) 246-6874 > > . > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS-virt mailing list > > CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > > > -- > ---~~.~~--- > Mike > // SilverTip257 // > _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt