[Nottingham] Booting Headless

[Joe Wrigley]

Chris Dawson wrote:
> Roger thanks
> 
> The proposed scenario is based on 'how I do it now'
> The idea is just to put the PC in a remote part of the building and still
> have access to it through the GUI. I tend to use this machine as a test
> machine to help me learn more about Linux but I'm running out of floor space
> :-)

I would suggest you look at NoMachine NX. I've been playing with it at 
home and I can run a full Gnome desktop very responsively over ADSL. I 
sometimes forget which machine I'm running on. It does much more clever 
caching than VNC and is in general a lot quicker. It also inherently 
tunnels over ssh.

There is a howto here:

http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/

Hope that helps,

Joe
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>  Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Roger Light
> Sent: 18 August 2005 20:47
> To: nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Booting Headless
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> I'm not entirely sure I'm getting all of what you're saying so I may have
> missed something. Having said that, I do the same thing with one of my
> machines. I start the machine and then log in via ssh and start my vnc
> session. This doesn't avoid logging on in its entirety, but there is no need
> for a keyboard/mouse as long as your network settings are correct and ssh
> starts.
> 
> Is that any good?
> 
> Roger
> 
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