Today I set out to learn Xen. I have SuSE 10.1 (64 bit), up-to-date via zmd, on a Dell Precision 490 (2 Dual-core Xeons). Among other documentation, I read what I could find at http://en.opensuse.org/Installing_Xen3. I then proceeded by Enabling Xen in Yast2 and rebooting. (During the reboot I took a detour through my BIOS setup and enabled Virtualization Support.) In GRUB, I select the default XEN kernel and booted. 1) My graphical boot turned textual. No big deal, but why? 2) The boot was roughly three times slower than usual. ?? 3) X didn't start. After a seemingly normal start, Xorg.0.log ends with: (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module! (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" (II) UnloadModule: "ramdac" (II) UnloadModule: "fb" (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found 4) I have no network devices. Eth0 have failed to start. After this, I quickly reverted to a normal (non-xen) boot, and all was normal. (Pfui.) After a lot of google and browsing on the Xen subject, I still don't understand if I'm doing anything wrong or what else is missing. I guess nvidia isn't working since the needed kernel module isn't provided for the xen kernel (I use precompiled nvidia rpms), but on the rest of theproblems I feel clueless. Any hints...? -- !++ ! Lennart Börjeson ! Partner, Developer ! Cinnober Financial Technology AB ! Industrigatan 2A ! S-112 46 STOCKHOLM ! Sverige/Sweden/Schweden/Suède ! mailto:Lennart.Borjeson@cinnober.com ! phone:+46-8-50304717 ! gsm:+46-70-3394717 ! fax:+46-8-50304701 ! http://www.cinnober.com !--