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== Starting a Graphical Desktop on the Xen domainU Guest ==
At this point we have successfully configured a Xen domainU guest system to provide a VNC graphical console access via domain0 on the host system. The domainU guest has booted and we have successfully connected to the to the VNC session using ''vncviewer''. The next step is to start a desktop environment running on the domainU system such that it appears in our ''vncviewer'' window.
At this point both the Xen text console and the vncviewer window should be visible. If the Xen text console is no longer attached to the domainU guest attach it as follows:
<pre>
xm console guestname
</pre>
where ''guestname'' is the name of the domainU guest system. Log in to the domainU guest at the Xen console as a suitable user. Once logged in. the default desktop environment for the domainU guest system can be launched using the ''startx'' command:
<pre>
startx
</pre>
After a short delay and number of diagnostic messages in the Xen text console, the graphical desktop environment will appear in the ''vncviewer'' window. The following figure shows a Red Hat Enterprise Linux GNOME desktop running inside the vncviewer window:
[[Image:gnome_desktop_xen_domainU.jpg|GNOME desktop running on a Xen domainU displayed in vncviewer]]
