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Subject:    Re: [lxc-users] HOWTO: How to run graphics-accelerated GUI apps in LXD containers on your Ubuntu des
From:       Simos Xenitellis <simos.lists () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2017-05-20 22:12:39
Message-ID: CAPtVWc5uJbo1gi-oKosvh_z=3HrNOP0cumzSkK-tJfbU=z_-EA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Massimiliano Malisan
<max.malisan.uk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Simos,
> 
> thanks for your great tutorial!
> I followed it and almost all runs fine, except that I had to add user
> permissions to the gpu device:
> 
> lxc config device set <container> <gpu> uid 1000
> lxc config device set <container> <gpu> gid 1000
> 
> otherwise, even though all X windows were starting correctly, GPU
> acceleration was skipped...
> Maybe it's because I have an ATI card..
> 
> I am running an Ubuntu 16.04 inside an Ubuntu 16.10.
> 

Thanks for the feedback.
I added these commands to the turorial!

Simos

> Regards,
> Max
> 
> On 4 May 2017 at 18:56, Simos Xenitellis <simos.lists@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Lago Gonzalez, Diego
> > <diego.lago-gonzalez@hp.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Really great job! Thank you!
> > > 
> > > Next step could be to run a full desktop instance inside LXD using :1
> > > display ;)
> > > 
> > 
> > Thanks everyone for the support!
> > 
> > There are many things to try, and getting a full desktop in a LXD
> > container is the great goal.
> > 
> > As for the immediate next steps, I think the following are critical
> > stepping stones:
> > 1. make very easy the process of setting up the container. Perhaps
> > some sort of script or scripting framework.
> > 2. actually get people to try these things. There should be bugs and
> > issues waiting to be discovered and reported.
> > 
> > Simos
> > 
> > > —
> > > Diego Lago
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: lxc-users [mailto:lxc-users-bounces@lists.linuxcontainers.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Simos Xenitellis
> > > Sent: jueves, 04 de mayo de 2017 01:05
> > > To: LXC users mailing-list <lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org>
> > > Subject: [lxc-users] HOWTO: How to run graphics-accelerated GUI apps in
> > > LXD containers on your Ubuntu desktop
> > > 
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > I completed the tutorial on how to run graphics-accelerated GUI apps in
> > > (local) LXD containers,
> > > https://blog.simos.info/how-to-run-graphics-accelerated-gui-apps-in-lxd-containers-on-your-ubuntu-desktop/
> > >  
> > > Compared to the previous post, this one has sound and also shows how to
> > > create a shortcut so that the GUI app can run in a single click, from the
> > > Launcher.
> > > 
> > > Simos
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