Headless systems or programs do not depend on a graphical user interface, user interaction or directly attached monitor/mouse/keyboard to work as expected. Administration is typically done via network.
Questions tagged [headless]
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Headless Ubuntu server machine sometimes stuck at GRUB menu
I have Ubuntu 10.10 Server installed on a single-board machine in a semi-embedded environment; no keyboard or screen, just SSH access to it.
So it's really frustrating when it occasionally boots up and gets stuck on the GRUB menu, waiting for a…
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mikepurvis
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Starting systemd services sharing a session D-Bus on headless system
I need help starting services that communicate via a session (not system) D-Bus on a headless Linux system. The key is that no-one will be logged in on the headless system.
So far I've been able to start a D-Bus daemon and test the D-Bus…
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How to convince my Administrator that Java ON A SERVER is not insecure per se?
The Application
We have a small Java application which uses some Camel routes to pick up uploaded files from a webserver, process them and send out some e-mails with the results.
The server on which this application was running has been…
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"Bind" USB-keyboard exclusively to specific application
What i have:
Linux machine (debian stable) without monitor, keyboard, no X running
USB-device which acts like an USB-keyboard (like many barcode-readers [1])
What i (don't) want:
I want to use this device only for one specific application.
I…
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Web-based disk space visualizer
I have a number of Linux webservers for which I'd like to track where disk space is going and keep disk space to a minimum.
Typically I login on SSH and use du to find out where disk space is wasted but this is cumbersome and slow. A visualisation…
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Martijn
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How can I install a headless JDK on an Ubuntu Jaunty server?
I recently set up a build server that requires a JDK to run (for example, to compile the Java sources). The OpenJDK package in Ubuntu pulls in the OpenJDK JRE as a dependency which, in turn, depends on a large number of packages that are only…
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Virtualbox Start VM Headless on Windows
Oracle VirtualBox on Windows
Hi All,
Is there a way to start a vm headless (vboxheadless -s ) but one can close that command window or if I add that as a startup item will that make it run silent ?
I have successfully exported a appliance (linux…
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Suggestion for a simple LDAP server and client
Trying to set up a headless LDAP server on a linux virtual machine (vmware). Small scope, but needs to be reliable and easy to use. Strong preference for simplicity over features, command-line over gui.
What are some of the good options?
Also need…
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Force a headless server to load video drivers for the GPU?
I am running a headless server on Ubuntu, with the objective of using GPU's for non graphics computation. However, I have found that without the monitor plugged in the kernel fails to load the graphics drivers.
Is there any reason that I can't use…
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MrSynAckSter
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Vboxheadless without a command prompt (VirtualBox)
I'm trying to run VirtualBox VM's in the background from a service. I'm having trouble starting a process the way I desire. I'd like to start the virtualbox guest in headless mode as a separate process and show nothing as far as GUI.
Here's what…
joe
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Opera unite as a daemon
Is it possible to run an opera unite server without the browser?
Say for instance I want to use my always-on FreeBSD server, which doesn't run X.
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Connecting with ssh to virtualbox (headless)?
I have successfully setup a virtualbox running Ubuntu server. As everything is working now, it would be sweet to run it in the background, so I've made a small bash script to start it whenever I need to access it:
#!/bin/bash
nohup VBoxHeadless -s…
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Industrial
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How can I install a linux distribution without display?
Let's say I have computer without graphics controller. One of these storage servers with preconfigured Windows Home Server (Lenovo IdeaCentre D400) for example.
Is it possible to install a Linux distribution (preferably Ubuntu/Debian) without a…
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Mac OS X: how to run GUI apps on a headless machine
Is there a way to run a GUI app, like iTunes, when not logged in to a computer directly? Thus, I'd like to be able to start a program, then log out, or (preferably) run a GUI program directly from an SSH session when no user is logged in to the…
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Forward already-running X-window-system applications through SSH
I know that it is possible to forward the windows of an X-windows-system application to a client's desktop via SSH when you start the application in a SSH terminal session which has X-forwarding enabled.
But is there a way to forward the windows of…
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