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On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 02:52:45PM -0500, Chris O'Connell wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I'm about to deploy my first Genesi EFIKA MX box at a site I monitor. > Unfortunately, I've got one nagging issue with these devices: The boxes > don't always boot up without an HDMI monitor plugged in. I've found a work > around: > > # sudo vi /etc/init/gdm.conf > > Default runlevel in ubuntu 10.4 is 2 so you must change this line > > stop on runlevel [016] > > adding "2" at runlevel list > > stop on runlevel [01*2*6] > > While correcting my original complaint the problem with this solution > is that if there is a monitor plugged in the the only thing that shows > up is the GENESI splash screen and I can't use the monitor. > > Is there a simple fix to get these devices (or Ubuntu 10.04 in > general) to boot headless? Sure. 1. in /boot/grub/menu.lst or grub.cfg, change defoptions from quiet splash to nosplash. 2. in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer.conf blacklist vga16fb 3. Disable GDM by removing the S..gdm file in your runlevel. That should do it. -dsr-
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