running kvm in non-X environment

Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Wed Jul 11 23:43:04 UTC 2007


Tomoki Taniguchi wrote:
> I am trying to test kvm on a new intel-vt enabled laptop.
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM
> I have installed ubuntu-server-7.04 with just a standard install.
> i then installed kvm and qemu as instructed.
> and i have successfully loaded the kvm-intel module.
> 
> now i am wondering if there is a way to run the kvm
> in a non-X environment to reduce the initial overhead
> of the host OS.
> 

I've done this before on a previous system, so I know it's doable.. 
Unfortunately, I didn't write the steps down.

I think what you need to do is comment out the entry in your Xservers 
file, and that should do the trick.






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