From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7294 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 18:17:19 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 18:17:19 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cb0wh-0007j8-5F for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:17:19 +0000 Received: (qmail 5904 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2004 18:15:13 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 14906 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 18:15:13 +0000 Message-ID: <41B35026.10905@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 12:15:02 -0600 From: Andrew Gaffney User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041114) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <49bf44f1041205101223ad79bc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f1041205101223ad79bc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg on my server (talk me out if it?) X-Archives-Salt: 140f7285-66a0-4192-9c8e-914a03025e61 X-Archives-Hash: b61d9928fc6f829fd07669265cc8e2b9 Grant wrote: > I need to have VMware installed on my web server to test updates. > I've been searching for a way to do this without installing X for a > while, and it just doesn't seem do-able. > > Anyway, I'm about to install xorg on there and it seems like an > important decision. I'm wondering if anyone will tell me to hit the > brakes? What's wrong with a chroot? You can test updates to everything except the kernel. If you need that too, try UML. -- Andrew Gaffney Gentoo Linux Developer Installer Project -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list