VirtualGL has to connect to :0 in order to access the 3D graphics card. However, if you run vglserver_config, this will configure the server such that you can access the 3D graphics card even if no one is logged in. This is all documented in the user's guide.
On 6/8/10 8:49 AM, Simon Loic wrote: > I don't know if my question is clear so I'll explain the use case. > I have a remote server myCoolServer with great rendering capabilities. > It is running kde but sometimes (often) no user is physically logged on > it (so the server is waiting for a user to start an X session. > > Besides I am in a foreign country, so I can't just go to that server and > log myself in. Still I can do remote login via ssh. I am using FreeNx on > top of it actually. But to simplify let's consider I use >>> vglconnect myCoolServer > > Then when I want to use vglrun to launch glxgears I get >>> vglrun glxgears > [VGL] NOTICE: Automatically setting VGL_CLIENT environment variable to > [VGL] 138.195.8.100, the IP address of your SSh client. > No protocol specified > [VGL] ERROR: Could not open display :0. > > So my guess is that vgl needs a running x session on :0. > > Is that true? Aren't there any work around for that? > I hope one can help me on that because I'm stuck on it for days, and > it's not te first time that happens. > > Cheers, > Loïc > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > > > > _______________________________________________ > VirtualGL-Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ VirtualGL-Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users
