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Start Debian without Monitor??
BryanC:
--- Quote from: altsouza on November 25, 2015, 09:05:59 am ---Hi Bryan. I am a newbie linux user. I would appreciate if you could explain step by step. Thank you
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You first need to explain clearly what your current situation is. A few posts ago you couldn't even get the computer to boot. Then the next post you were editing xorg.conf files which is pointless if you aren't triggering X. Then you moved onto a physical adapter.
First of all, it's impossible to follow you. Second of all, this process isn't nearly as difficult as you are making it, and is done very regularly with headless servers.
Rationale:
1. You need a dummy x-server (dummy display) for MC to run
2. In order to do this you need to trigger or start an x-server
3. You can trigger an x-server with a VNC server (that is NOT x11vnc since that requires an x-server to already be running--I'm sure there are ways to get x11vnc to trigger an x-server but that will require messing with Xauthority files and such) so that you can manage the computer remotely with a GUI, OR you can just use a dummy framebuffer (Xvfb) if you don't need to do any graphical configuration
The steps to enable a headless VNC server have been well-documented by mwillems in the Raspbian thread as well as in countless tutorials online. I suggest doing a search for "headless server x-server."
In addition to the mwillems thread, there is more info here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TigerVNC#Running_vncserver_for_virtual_.28headless.29_sessions
altsouza:
Hi Bryan,
Sorry for the confusion, and let me explain better.
I have computer, based on mini-ITX board (MSI J1800i).
I used Win 8.1 with success. But I decided to install Debian, because windows 8.1 was a bit unstable.
My prerequisites were.
1. Autostart JRiver
2. Autostart one VNC program for doing maintenance of the system
3. And, very important, be able to start the Pc without a connected monitor.
The windows 8.1 satisfied all these 3 pre-requisites. All my Win servers satisfy all these 3 pre-requisites
I had no experience in Linux, but I liked the system. It is stable.
With the help of mwillems, I managed to set up the first two prerequisites (I used raspberry mwillems`s instructions, with small alterations)
but the last one, turn on the computer without monitor, I could not.
When I turn on my computer the Hdd lights stops to blink in the middle of the boot, and it does not start.
I'd appreciate If you could help me.
But I need a step by step tutorial, because I'm new to linux.
Thanks
Antonio
BryanC:
So no POST?
Check your system logs:
--- Code: ---journalctl -r |less
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And see if anything is hanging at the time the system is trying to boot. This way we can rule out xorg issues.
If that doesn't work, try hitting the enter key shortly after setup in order to make sure that grub isn't waiting for input, and see if the computer boots successfully.
If that doesn't work, then look for BIOS options related to "break on error" and disable them.
If that setting is not present, try disabling the IGP/PCIE or some combination thereof in the bios settings so the mobo stops looking for a display.
altsouza:
Hi,
I tried all Bios seting, no sucess.
Attached is the journal file.
Thanks
BryanC:
That log isn't nearly long enough to try and diagnose your issue especially as it pertains to a failed boot (it's less than one second of data).
One thing that it does demonstrate is that you are using gdm, which may require an attached display or could possibly conflict with the x-server initiated by tigervnc, depending on your settings.
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