So... I *think* that VGA pass-through in proxmox would enable a native
full-screen desktop, the
config is rather intrusive on a "production" machine, so I gave up on that
idea for now.

I found plenty of tutorials to do a similar thing with Windows, but none
actually set up a
native full-screen Windows (just the console in proxmox). I'd assumed the
required tricks
would be similar for Linux. None suggested.

I ended up installing the same ISO on another PC and working through
configuring all that.
It reminds me why I haven't managed this in the past. I chose Xfce out of
ignorance because
I don't have any preference. Firefox seems to do what it needs, but sound
doesn't work.
ALSA and pulse-audio were installed by default, and I've seen a thread
recently about getting
rid of pulse. No idea if that's the problem or not. Xfce terminal doesn't
work like Xterms.
Easy enough to avoid. Thread closed for me.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: crichmon@??? <crichmon@???>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2024 7:26
To: 'dng@???' <dng@???>
Subject: Re: [DNG] Pardon my ignorance (Daedalus desktop in proxmox)

Hi Tito,

> Just out of curiosity why did you choose the most complicated route by
using proxmox?

I've got two relatively new machines that are proxmox hosts, and I'd like to
retire my existing
Window box (it's several cpu generations old), and so far, I've had good
luck with the other
Devuan VM's I'm running. The only thing really new is trying to run a
desktop environment.
I'm expecting some sort of video pass-through will be the answer.

> I think that putting a spare HDD/SDD in your son's windows client pc and
installing
> Devuan there in dual boot mode would have been an easier way and probably
> more satisfying.

Well... I'm in Idaho, and he's in New York, and will be installing on a
dedicated laptop.
In any case, it's two related projects, with different goals. I'll check
the link you sent
as well as the proxmox forum.

Thx, Chris