Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-14 Thread magnet
On Monday 13 Jan 2003 12:00 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: I'm coming into this thread a bit late so apologies if this has already been suggested. VNC server will start the window manager declared in the ~/.vnc/xstartup of the user the vncserver was started from. (You are editing the correct

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 14 Jan 2003 3:35 pm, magnet wrote: On Monday 13 Jan 2003 12:00 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: I'm coming into this thread a bit late so apologies if this has already been suggested. VNC server will start the window manager declared in the ~/.vnc/xstartup of the user the vncserver

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 14 Jan 2003 7:03 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: SNIP 5/ Always close the vnc session before logging off or else files get left behind preventing it starting next time vncserver -kill :1 I meant to say always close the vncserver before powering down the server or else files get left

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-13 Thread magnet
On Monday 13 Jan 2003 12:05 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: From memory iirc I installed VNC/servers and set passwords up. Read through all the blurb and changed the config line to include the KDE option and then a few other versions of that option including a link to the startx, but I couldn't

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-13 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 12 Jan 2003 7:34 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 00:28, magnet wrote: KVM switch - but then you have to buy the special cables, and they're not cheap - and the switch ain't cheap - but they're soo nice... I believe that Belkin have just brought out a range of kvm

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-13 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 13 Jan 2003 10:04 am, magnet wrote: On Monday 13 Jan 2003 12:05 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: From memory iirc I installed VNC/servers and set passwords up. Read through all the blurb and changed the config line to include the KDE option and then a few other versions of that option

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-13 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 21:04, magnet wrote: KDE is the default on all 6 machines. I never run any other wm here so I can't see why it won't use KDE when it's added to the VNC config file. If I follow the example config files as shown on the VNC site and in the readme file to the letter, VNC

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-13 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 23:00, Derek Jennings wrote: I'm coming into this thread a bit late so apologies if this has already been suggested. VNC server will start the window manager declared in the ~/.vnc/xstartup of the user the vncserver was started from. (You are editing the correct

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-12 Thread magnet
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 9:54 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 04:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to have mandrake running on a computer with no video card or monitor on it at all? And then admin the box via ssh,vnc or something else? Essentiall you're going to need

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-12 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 00:28, magnet wrote: I run linux 6 computers here and 2 of them refuse to reboot after a power outage due to faults on their harddrives generating a S.M.A.R.T error warning of impending doom and catastrophy soon to befall my system as the harddrive is about to die! :)

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-12 Thread magnet
On Sunday 12 Jan 2003 7:34 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 00:28, magnet wrote: I run linux 6 computers here and 2 of them refuse to reboot after a power outage due to faults on their harddrives generating a S.M.A.R.T error warning of impending doom and catastrophy soon to

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-12 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 10:12, magnet wrote: This feature isn't available on this BIOS - Megatrend on a gigabyte mobo - so I can't see any way around the errors. Well that really sucks - unable to disable SMART sucks... I looked into the KVM option but as you say it isn't cheap, and 6 seems

[newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is it possible to have mandrake running on a computer with no video card or monitor on it at all? And then admin the box via ssh,vnc or something else? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread Todd Slater
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:00:51 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to have mandrake running on a computer with no video card or monitor on it at all? And then admin the box via ssh,vnc or something else? Yes! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread Daniel Anderson
Yes You will probably need monitor and keyboard for install and initial setup. You will have to set your bios to not stop on errors, in order to remove keyboard and monitor. ssh works great for admin. MtnMan On Friday 10 January 2003 12:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to have

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So I'll be able to remove the video card so long as I set up the bios to not stop on errors? On Friday 10 January 2003 12:45 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote: Yes You will probably need monitor and keyboard for install and initial setup. You will have to set your bios to not stop on errors, in order

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread Daniel Anderson
Should be able to. Most bios support that. MtnMan On Friday 10 January 2003 01:49 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I'll be able to remove the video card so long as I set up the bios to not stop on errors? On Friday 10 January 2003 12:45 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote: Yes You will probably

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread Chuck Burns
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 12:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But can I take out the video card? That depends on your motherboard, as most, if not all motherboards do a check to see if the video card is there, and if not, it wont even boot. -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 04:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to have mandrake running on a computer with no video card or monitor on it at all? And then admin the box via ssh,vnc or something else? Essentiall you're going to need at least SOME kind of video card in the box - to