[Fedora-xen] Gnome desktop in domU? (aka xorg and startx problems in domU)

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I'm experimenting with xen on FC5 (as domU and dom0).

The idea is to have a machine running dom0 with 4 guests, one of the guest would be my workstation/desktop (with gnome running), the others guests would be application/file/utilities servers.

I would like to perform something like:
- logon to the domU via ssh, from dom0 for example (
I also have tried it with "xm console domU" from dom0, the result is the same)
- run "startx" : that should bring the standard logon screen
- after login, use the gnome desktop as from a standard standalone workstation

But this does not work: startx does not start (first because the xorg.conf is not created. I've tried to run "X -configuration" to create xorg.conf, but  the command fails also to create the xorg.conf file)
BTW, on dom0 "startx" and the gnome desktop run perfectly

Q:
- Is it possible to configure X and run "startx" in a domU (I've read somewhere on the net that this is not possible...). If so how to do it?
- What is the best way to get a full gnome desktop workstation that would run in domU like a standalone workstation?

I've tried the "vnc" solution, it works great but have limitations (at least for me). and would greatly prefer what I described previsoulsy:
(I don't know how to get the logon screen with vnc, the screen resolution can not be easily choosen/changed,  the desktop to be somewhat "slower" than the "local" desktop)

Thanks in advance for any advice or pointer.

(
I'm not really a newbee with linux, but I'm far from an expert...)

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