On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 12:55:33PM -0500, Serge Dutremble wrote:
> I am currious if it is possible to load a minimal Linux installation, without
> the X-Windows server, and use VNC graphically.
>
> I could try it but I thought it would be preferable to see if this is even
> possible before spending any time on this issue.
The vnc-server works fine without the X-server started. I do not know if it
needs some libraries though.
> My goal is to have as little a distribution as possible with only the
> necessary server services loaded (SSH, MAIL, VNC) and requiring only a small
> amount of RAM (let's say 16MB) but naturally without the XFree86 X-Windows
> server (as it likes more RAM). I would start a VNC server at boot and use it to
> remotely control that server. (Yes, I know I could also do it using SSH in text
> mode).
I'm not sure but you probably only need to have xauth (and maybe some more)
to allow x-connections to a otherwise X-less server. I can be mistaken...
// Ola
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