[Nottingham] Booting Headless

laccata laccata at ntlworld.com
Thu Aug 18 21:51:09 BST 2005


> 
> 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. 
Not sure exactly what you are trying to do, but why do you need VNC?
Why don't you just use ssh -X to the remote (headless) machine and run 
individual Gnome / kde / whatever applications?

Just a thought.

Gary



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