[Discuss] Genesi EFIKA MX and boot without HDMI plugged in

[omegahalo at gmail.com (Chris O'Connell)]

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?

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Chris O'Connell
http://outlookoutbox.blogspot.com