[Nottingham] Booting Headless

[Robert Hart]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Roger Light wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> 
> > I've setup a PC running Fedora 4 and I'm using VNC to access the desktop
> > locally. However, I now want to move the machine into a remote part of the
> > property without a keyboard or monitor. I'd like to be able to vnc in to
> > Gnome and access the machine completely remotely.
> > 
> > I'd like to boot it headless but I can't seem to find a way to avoid logging
> > on with username and PW.

Are you talking about X? gdm, and maybe other similar programs have an
option to autologin a particular user after a certain amount of time.

Rob


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