VNC + Boot w/o keyboard, video & mouse

NoOp glgxg at mfire.com
Thu Feb 15 05:38:15 UTC 2007


Brian Fahrlander wrote:
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> Brian Fahrlander wrote:
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>>     Come to think of it, there IS a couple of settings there; it's not
>> that it isn't _booting_, but instead, it's not starting X.  Now THAT we
>> can solve.  I have to run to get some kerosene, but I'll have an answer
>> for you in under an hour. (If someone doesn't beat me to it...)
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>     Yeah, here ya go. This is for the ServerFlags section:
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> Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" True
> 
>     Try that, first; it's probably all it is- I'm assuming there's
> actually some kind of video card in there (which might stop it) but the
> lack of a mouse no longer will, with that added.
> 
>     If it does, let me know- we'll keep looking. In that case, send me a
> .log of the attempt.  You can mail me direct if you like- I expect to be
> up for another 8-10 hours or so.
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Found a problem on one test machine - you were right and that one halts
at no keyboard present, so I'll need to reset it's bios. I'll be
bringing the actual server home to test tomorrow & will let you know
what I figure out. Thanks for all the assistance - gotta run Valentines
day/nigh & all :-)

G. Lee






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