[mythtv-users] How can I get my monitorless backend to start up

[Steve V]

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From: Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com>
To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Saturday, 18 April, 2009 9:24:27 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How can I get my monitorless backend to start up


You need to configure your bios to start up on all errors.

If you will be administering your box from another linux box, forget vnc;
it's a PITA unless you need what it offers, and if it dies you are SOL.

Use gdm; configure it to start up with no local sessions and allow remote
connections.  Then you can log in from any other terminal as if you were
local.  Lots faster than VNC, too.  google for gdm and XDMCP.

See

http://www.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/XDMCP-GDM

setting it up is a one-line change in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

--Yan

-- 
Yan Seiner, PE


thanks for the quick answer, I tried the BIOS change it made no difference. The boot process is getting past the BIOS, I am pretty sure that the change I need to make is something in the X configuration.

I'll try gdm once I get the backend fully started without a monitor.



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