Headless server

[Pat Kane]

  > So installing that apt and setting the driver to "dummy" worked.
  > ... when i tried to turn
  > on my TV, which is attached to my server, I got no video.

I am not an expert on that.  So please re-reply  (with your msg
that what I told you to do worked) to the full list -- that way other
experts, greater than me, can answer your question.

Pat
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> So installing that apt and setting the driver to "dummy" worked.

On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Vinh Nguyen <nguye.vin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pat,
>
> So installing that apt and setting the driver to "dummy" worked. It allowed
> ubuntu to but all the way in and allowed me to vnc. But when i tried to turn
> on my TV, which is attached to my server, I got no video. Is there a way for
> me to have both working. I would like to still use my server to watch movies
> sometime, but need to be able to vnc into the server with the TV off.
>
> I am running an intel board with onboard HDMI, chipset is G41
>
> Thanks for your help
> Vinh
>
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Pat Kane <pekane52 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Try this
>>    sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-dummy
>> then change the Driver line in your xorg.conf to be
>>    Driver      "dummy"
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Vinh Nguyen <nguye.vin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have recelent updated to ubuntu 10.04 LTS and now my server will not
>> > boot
>> > with out a monitor pluged in. Im still able to ssh into my server but
>> > not
>> > vnc into it. Looking at the Xorg.0.log file it says something along the
>> > lines of no monitor detected. If i plug in a monitor it boots up and
>> > works
>> > correctly. I have read a few forum saying to add a xorg.conf file but
>> > that
>> > has not worked for me. Can you guys tell me how to fix this issue so
>> > that it
>> > will boot all the way into ubuntu without a monitor on or attached to
>> > the
>> > server
>> >
>> > thanks for the great work,
>> >
>> > --
>> > Vinh Nguyen
>> >
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>
>
>
> --
> Vinh Nguyen
>