The underlying problem here - not starting X when there are no displays connected - has recently been fixed in Xserver master for most cards, and will be in 1.9 which we will get in Maverick.
Marking as fix committed to make it easier to find when we upload 1.9 ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Committed -- X server should fallback to vesa when a monitor isn't connected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337889 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp