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Title: Heads up for "Headless" Ubuntu 18.04 installers
Post by: sekrit on September 24, 2018, 11:46:02 am
I installed MC24 on Ubuntu 18.04 without any problem.  I realized that Ubuntu 18.04 desktop sharing does not work if you will be running the JRiver in a headless linux server (i.e. no monitor).  This was not a problem with Ubuntu 16.04.

This is inconvenient if I want to change the settings on the server JRiver.  I will have to connect a monitor everytime I want to change the settings. 
Title: Re: Heads up for Ubuntu 18.04 installers
Post by: bob on September 28, 2018, 03:12:49 pm
Quote from: sekrit on September 24, 2018, 11:46:02 am
I installed MC24 on Ubuntu 18.04 without any problem.  I realized that Ubuntu 18.04 desktop sharing does not work if you will be running the JRiver in a headless linux server (i.e. no monitor).  This was not a problem with Ubuntu 16.04.

This is inconvenient if I want to change the settings on the server JRiver.  I will have to connect a monitor everytime I want to change the settings.
It should work anyway, there are 2 fallbacks to screen size calculation in the headless case.
What's it using for desktop sharing?
Title: Re: Heads up for Ubuntu 18.04 installers
Post by: sekrit on September 28, 2018, 05:50:07 pm
Success!  I could not find a software solution.  I ended of using a dummy VGA monitor trick which I found here: https://www.geeks3d.com/20091230/vga-hack-how-to-make-a-vga-dummy-plug/  3x 100 ohms resistors worked.
I am connecting to headless Linux from Mac using desktop sharing app.   
Title: Re: Heads up for Ubuntu 18.04 installers
Post by: bob on October 01, 2018, 10:48:36 am
Quote from: sekrit on September 28, 2018, 05:50:07 pm
Success!  I could not find a software solution.  I ended of using a dummy VGA monitor trick which I found here: https://www.geeks3d.com/20091230/vga-hack-how-to-make-a-vga-dummy-plug/  3x 100 ohms resistors worked.
I am connecting to headless Linux from Mac using desktop sharing app.
That really seems to indicate that, in your case at any rate, the fallback isn't working.
Title: Re: Heads up for Ubuntu 18.04 installers
Post by: sekrit on October 02, 2018, 05:27:12 am
Quote from: bob on October 01, 2018, 10:48:36 am
That really seems to indicate that, in your case at any rate, the fallback isn't working.

If the "fallback" is a solution for headless linux boxes, yes, it wasn't working in 18.04.