Headless YellowDog

Eric Dunbar eric.dunbar at gmail.com
Thu Oct 7 06:02:53 MDT 2004


Hi Ben,

What server are you using for VNC, how did you turn it on, and how are
you controlling the server?

(I'd like to experiment with VNC as well)

Thanks, Eric.


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:20:34 -0500, Ben Ricker <bricker at brick.net> wrote:
> I want to run Yellow Dog running Gnome without a monitor. Instead, I
> want to use VNC from my laptop.
> 
> I have VncServer running great and I boot into OS 9 then automatically
> into Linux. When it comes up, I can VNC into the box and get the X
> server running. It is your basic X server with the default window
> manager and xterm up.
> 
> I looked all over Google for a step-by-step or even I high level config
> for it.
> 
> Also, I start gdm at boot on runlevel 5 and X keeps crashing with a "no
> screens found" error.
> 
> Any pointers? Anyone else ever run Gnome through VNC without a monitor?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
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Sincerely, Eric Dunbar


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