“Hey just thought I’d let you know officially what became of my research. I played around trying to get wine working, but the video drivers that I tried don’t render OpenGL stuffs over VNC too well. Odd that OpenGL is needed for a command line program, but it’s true. So I gave up on that.

Instead I installed vmware (you are going to need a dedicated server) [http://www.lizardking.biz/2009/03/vmware-on-debian-5/] and then created a windows xp home vmware node. That setup worked great and was relatively easy to setup as well.”

The conclusion:
1) the Halo Dedicated server cannot be run in an OpenVZ node, but runs well in a Windows VMware node.
2) Halo Dedicated server requires OpenGL bindings that do not work over text-based SSH. “GLX” extension requires low-level kernel/dev access that an OpenVZ node does not have.

I Read your artical. http://www.lizardking.biz/2009/02/tightvnc-on-debian-linux/

I was wondering if you have further guidance or the time to answer a few questions. I am currently running some halo servers. I am doing this locally on my own PCs. While this is great, I dont want to use MY bandwidth. I would much prefer to use the bandwidth of the company that I have my website through. I have a package for unlimited everything. I have made several attempts to get my Halo Dedicated servers to run server side but have constantly met with negative results.

Would you be willing to assist in this matter? There is no profit involved as the servers which I put up are not generating any monies. I already fork out enough as it is. If you are still interested please return an email one way or the other and let me know your answer.

Thank you for your article and time.
Ryan