Which Intel, specifically? You may be able to fall back on the i810 driver which doesn't respond to the no monitor error.
On 02/02/2010 06:58 PM, Mike Coulombe wrote: > According to windows it is intel. > Mike. > X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 100202-1, 02/02/2010), Outbound message > X-Antivirus-Status: Clean > > > ----- (Original Message) ----- > From: "Jacob Schmude"<j.schm...@gmail.com> > Date: Tuesday, February 2, at 6:41 PM > To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: lucid and monitors > > > Mike > It goes crazy with both. OS X will boot without a monitor, but it runs > slow and anything that tries to initialize the video card won't work and > will crash. Ubuntu, naturally, will simply not start X at all. > This isn't specific to Ubuntu or even Linux, any system such as FreeBSD, > Opensolaris, etc that is based on X11 is going to do this. > What graphics hardware do you have? If I know that I can find what > driver it's using, and maybe that driver specifically has an option to > ignore that error. > Another workaround is to get a composite video connector and attach that > to where your monitor would normally connect. These adapters have enough > basic circuitry in them that the video card believes them to be monitors > and will not generate the error in the first place. Depending on your > connector type, you'll need either a VGA to composite or a DVI to > composite. Apple sells one for DVI (for the Mac Mini, but it will work > on any DVI connector) but not sure who sells a VGA to composite adapter > these days. > > > On 02/02/2010 06:33 PM, Mike Coulombe wrote: > >> Does the mac mini go crazy with their software or ubuntu. I have been >> thinking about getting one of those. >> Mike. >> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 100202-1, 02/02/2010), Outbound message >> X-Antivirus-Status: Clean >> >> >> ----- (Original Message) ----- >> From: "Jacob Schmude"<j.schm...@gmail.com> >> Date: Tuesday, February 2, at 6:27 PM >> To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com >> Subject: Re: lucid and monitors >> >> >> Mike, do you know what video driver your system is trying to use? I've >> found that some video drivers with certain video cards (usually >> integraded GPUs) won't allow you to start X if a monitor isn't >> connected. On a slightly related note, something similar happens if you >> attempt to use a Macintosh Mini without a monitor connected, the system >> goes crazy. I believe the video card itself sends an error if a monitor >> isn't connected, essentially they have an open circuit that is completed >> when a monitor is plugged in. I've seen this on Intel GPUs for the most >> part, but it's probably not limited specifically to them. >> >> On 02/02/2010 06:00 PM, Mike Coulombe wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, I am still having a problem with lucid not getting to the login screen >>> for gnome if I don't have a monitor connected. It does let me login to the >>> consul, but I don't get the login sound for gnome. Any idea what could be >>> causing this. My monitor doesn't have to be on, but it does have to be >>> connected. >>> Mike. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list >> Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibili >> >> > > -- > Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list > Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibili > -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
