Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>> What g.u.i. app or apps prevent graphical user interface Linux from running >>> if no display can be plugged into the computer? >> So the machine does not have a monitor plugged into it. >> But does it have a graphics card? > Yes the machine has a graphics card radeon if I didn't murder the spe

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sun, 3 Apr 2016, John Hasler wrote: Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 11:03:06 From: John Hasler To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:03:35 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Jude DaShiell writes: The machine

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sun, 3 Apr 2016, Stefan Monnier wrote: Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 10:21:40 From: Stefan Monnier To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 14:48:09 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org What g.u.i. app or apps

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread John Hasler
Jude DaShiell writes: > The machine taking the install has good memory and its video connector > is one for which I have no cable now. I normally hit s at the boot > prompt and do a debian install that way first that way I'm assured of > a good command line installation no matter what happens with

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread John Hasler
Stefan Monnier writes: > So the machine does not have a monitor plugged into it. But does it > have a graphics card? The graphics card is probably telling X that it has failed to autodetect a monitor. I think that you can still get around that in the X configuration with cards with analog output

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
> What g.u.i. app or apps prevent graphical user interface Linux from running > if no display can be plugged into the computer? So the machine does not have a monitor plugged into it. But does it have a graphics card? Stefan

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
> The screen reader doesn't read the screen but what gets sent at the screen. That's right. That presumes there is at least an abstract notion of a screen and in a normal headless server, there is simply no such thing. Hence, the need for something like Xdummy or Xvfb. Stefan

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sun, 3 Apr 2016, John Hasler wrote: Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 09:00:10 From: John Hasler To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 13:00:34 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Jude DaShiell writes: It's pos

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread John Hasler
Jude DaShiell writes: > It's possible to install talkingarchlinux http://talkingarch.tk/ > without a screen and continue to use it without a screen once > installation is finished. That version of linux is rather unique in > this respect. Could it be generally a linux install bug in cases > where

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
nable java access bridge on windows and that worked as far back as Windows 7. On Sun, 3 Apr 2016, Stefan Monnier wrote: Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 01:45:55 From: Stefan Monnier To: Jude DaShiell Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display screen reader does not s

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread jdd
Le 03/04/2016 07:45, Stefan Monnier a écrit : screen reader does not start and I don't get to login prompt yet. I still have no idea what you're trying to do. IIUC you have a machine without a display, yet you want to run a screen reader. What have you done that would make you hope you'd get a

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
> screen reader does not start and I don't get to login prompt yet. I still have no idea what you're trying to do. IIUC you have a machine without a display, yet you want to run a screen reader. What have you done that would make you hope you'd get a screen reader and/or a login prompt?

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-02 Thread Adam Wilson
On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 07:38:03 -0400 (EDT) Jude DaShiell wrote: > I have yet to try xfce since accessibility support from what I've read > to date is very immature compared to mate and gnome possibly as poor as > kde. I have spare hard drives and can try this out and will find out > what happens

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 22:07:17 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Package: xserver-xorg-video-dummy Source: xserver-xorg-video-dummy (1:0.3.7-1) Version: 1:0.3.7-1+b5 Installed-Size: 45.1 kB Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
ebian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 21:54:24 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org What g.u.i. app or apps prevent graphical user interface Linux from running if no display can be plugged into the computer? I

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-02 Thread John Hasler
Package: xserver-xorg-video-dummy Source: xserver-xorg-video-dummy (1:0.3.7-1) Version: 1:0.3.7-1+b5 Installed-Size: 45.1 kB Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force Provides: xorg-driver-video Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), xorg-video-abi-20, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.17.99.902) Tag: admin::hardware, hardw

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> What g.u.i. app or apps prevent graphical user interface Linux from running > if no display can be plugged into the computer? I don't understand the question. But I have the vague impression that maybe Xvfb or Xdummy is part of the answer. Stefan

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 19:16:46 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org jdd writes: I usually make a minimal install and then install only what is necessary, most often xfce. It's often very difficult to completely avoid

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
ebian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 18:20:14 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Le 01/04/2016 17:14, Jude DaShiell a ?crit : Have you tried installing using orca and when finished how far did you get when you booted into

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-01 Thread John Hasler
jdd writes: > I usually make a minimal install and then install only what is > necessary, most often xfce. It's often very difficult to completely > avoid any X, and X forwarding is convenient You don't need an X server unless you have a display that you want to put graphics on. X clients require

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-01 Thread jdd
Le 01/04/2016 17:14, Jude DaShiell a écrit : Have you tried installing using orca and when finished how far did you get when you booted into your newly installed system for the first time? I usually make a minimal install and then install only what is necessary, most often xfce. It's often ve

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
Have you tried installing using orca and when finished how far did you get when you booted into your newly installed system for the first time? On Fri, 1 Apr 2016, jdd wrote: Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:04:27 From: jdd To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-01 Thread jdd
Le 01/04/2016 16:52, Jude DaShiell a écrit : Wrong. Kalilinux Fedora sonargnulinux vinux and ubuntu I can install most linux distros on my headless online server, so I'm sure no monitor is necessary, I can't have any jdd

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
ached to the computer either at the time. On Fri, 1 Apr 2016, jdd wrote: Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 10:20:11 From: jdd To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 14:20:32 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Le 01/04/20

Re: running Linux without display

2016-04-01 Thread jdd
Le 01/04/2016 16:09, Jude DaShiell a écrit : What g.u.i. app or apps prevent graphical user interface Linux from running if no display can be plugged into the computer? -- none? jdd

running Linux without display

2016-04-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
What g.u.i. app or apps prevent graphical user interface Linux from running if no display can be plugged into the computer? --