Why I am not able to start X server on "XenCenter" guests ?

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Issue

  • Required package groups "GNOME Desktop Environment" and "X Window System" are installed on RHEL5 XenCenter guest.
  • When trying to start X server on this VM, getting fatal Error (Connection reset by peer):
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.so
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 0.0.2
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Citrix XenCenter Server Guests

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