Remote access without plugged monitor

[tmade]

Hello,

I have a strange problem. I want to connect to my opensuse 10.3 only via remote(VNC, NX and ssh). Everything is working fine, but when I unplug my monitor opensuse is just booting up to command line login(autologin to KDE desktop is activated). If I restart afterwards via ssh the X-server/Desktop is loaded fine. How can I make sure my X-server/Desktop will be loaded on first time?

Thanks
Thomas

[gogalthorp]

You need to run a script at logon that starts X

[tmade]

Hello gogalthorp,

could you give me some hints as I´m a linux beginner?
Where do I have to put the script in (/etc/init.d)?
Why does it work when I boot second time via ssh? I mean there´s still no script which starts X!

Thanks
Thomas

[gogalthorp]

maybe .profile in the users home directory. Initd is already trying to load X but you have no monitor device. So you need to do it at user log in when you have the remote device connected and x can load.

Note .profile is a hidden file.

add the line startx this will start a x session with the default GUI.

[tmade]

Hello gogalthorp,

thanks again for your answer...
I tried what you´ve suggested, but it doesn´t work.
I think there isn´t a problem, that the X-server doesn´t start...there´s a problem with the autologin. I´ve checked it again, and autologin is active. As soon as I unplug my monitor the booting stops at the commandline login. When I plug afterwards the monitor it´s working again.
Any ideas?

Regards
Thomas

[gogalthorp]

Sorry beyond me. Maybe someone else knows.

Still not sure exactly what you are trying to do.

[tmade]

ok...here again. I have enabled "autologin" for my opensuse 10.3 user "test".
Inside System->Configuration->SaX2 I configured:
Monitor: -->VESA 1024x768 (which is the resolution I want to have)
Furthermore I activated for
Remote Access: X-Server Remote Control:
allow access to display and keyboard/mouse of your X-Server as enabled.

Until my monitor is plugged everything is fine and my X-Server /KDE desktop is starting fine.

Now I´m going to UNPLUG my monitor, because I just want to access via remote(VNC/NX and ssh -X) WITHOUT plugged Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard.
When I´m rebooting now, my System stops at the commandline login...X-Server doesn´t start anymore like before when my monitor was plugged.

I hope I explained my situation and you got now, what I want to do!?

Where to setup that my desktop is starting WITHOUT plugged monitor?

[gogalthorp]

How do you expect the X server to run without a monitor? What seems to be happening is that since there are no in out devices the init 5 processes are hanging. This is blocking the startx or what ever command you are using to start the remote GUI. I think you need to boot into level 3 (terminal) rather then GUI

So now is the question why do you want to do this? Is this a server or is this just a second computer and you want to have only one keyboard video and mouse on your desktop? If the latter you might try a KVM switch.

[bigtomrodney]

If you are remoting in using ssh -X you don't need X running on the host computer. For VNC you would, but I would say if you are in a position to run an X server to facilitate ssh -X on the client/guest then just go with the ssh method.

Or if you are running two desktops side by side I would recommend gogalthorp's suggestion of trying a KVM switch. It will be much faster.

[tmade]

It´s a server and there are graphical programms running on it.
I don´t have a KVM-switch and I don´t want to buy one.
I have already 4 PC´s running like this, and the X-server/desktop is running without monitor plugged..so it´s possible. I just don´t know why or how I got this work. I just know...first time when I´ve started without monitor, booting stopped at commandline login. Then I connected with putty and restarted them with
"shutdown -r now". Afterwards my desktop was loading...but not always on the 1st try. Therefore I have to find out where I can configure this.
Any ideas?