Thanks guys<br><br>Im in a situation where I can't attach a monitor at the moment at site. I think the answer is a properly configured xorg.conf but still not sure how in 12.04.<br><br>Yes traditional VNC doesnt need a display 0. However Im experimenting with TurboVNC and VirtualGL and it needs a display 0 to render GLX commands on, then pass to display 1 which is my VNC display.<br>
<br>I want avoid nouveau driver for now unless I really get stuck with Nvidia binary - I dont think thats the problem, but rather X/gnome/unity whatever is.<br><br>cheers<br>Shanon<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 10 July 2012 19:10, Scott Middleton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott@assuretek.com.au" target="_blank">scott@assuretek.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On 8 July 2012 01:20, Shanon Loughton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:autobot@iinet.net.au" target="_blank">autobot@iinet.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div><div class="h5">
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Hi all<br><br>How can I run a desktop install headless with 12.04? Ie no monitor attached.<br><br>With it attached I get a display :0.0 start up. Without a monitor attached, no :0.0 is available.<br><br>This looks good <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1851330&page=2" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1851330&page=2</a> dealing with EDID stuff but doesnt work for me.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div>what I do with monitor attached.</div><div>I set auto-logon for a particular user and i set the auto-logon user with admin privileges (so I can use sudo).</div>
<div>I enable remote desktop sharing making sure I untick "require user permission"</div><div>I require a password. None of them are live but still....</div><div><br></div><div>I generate an xorg.conf file. Using X -configure (off the top of my head) or use Brian's method. The X -configure needs to be executed in the console <i> </i>while lightdm is not running "lightdm stop"</div>
<div>Copy the /root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf</div><div>reboot and test that you like the resolution, the auto logon works and the ability to remote VNC to the desktop. It is a good idea to actually pull the plug on the computer especially if you have a video card with multiple monitor capability. I have found that some cards need to be completely powered off first. My damn nvidia card is a pain in the arse.</div>
<div>Change the driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to "dummy"</div><div>reboot and see if it works</div><div><br></div><div>I haven't done this in 12.04 but I have a couple in 10.04</div><div><br></div><div>Alternatively</div>
<div>sudo apt-get install vnc4server</div><div><br></div><div>I had a couple of virtual hosts with this config that were running windows guests. The clients needed/wanted a remote gui console. Nowadays I use vrdp.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>
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