-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > oldman wrote: >> redhatdude@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I run my FC6 on a headless computer and connect to it via vnc. After >>> upgrading it's ram and connecting to it, something changed and the >>> windows had no bars to move them around. I realized that Desktop Effects >>> were enable and I couldn't disable it. > >> If you run it headless, do you really need to have compiz on the >> machine at all? >> >> rpm -e compiz >> >> for that matter you might as well get rid of the entire x windows system >> >> yum groupremove 'GNOME Desktop Environment' >> >> or kde if that is what you have or twm or whatever >> > The OP is connecting using VNC. So he needs a desktop and at least > part of X. Even if you are connecting using ssh instead of VNC, you > will need the X libraries if you want to run X based programs and > have them displayed on the local machine. If you are running xvnc as > the X server on a headless machine, you don't need a video card. > > Mikkel Thanks for the info Mikkel. Haven't done any networking myself, though as I just got a second computer and router I am looking into it. I figure I'll start with samba (it already has XP and only a 30GB HD so I don't want to dual boot right away)then move on to ssh, nfs, vnc etc. etc. Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF4JKQ5mBKdb7VQEcRAtaUAKCbTg4z7Lguh81R0occpGBYg15GDQCfdSsE m8tGqfKj7KGxqg0824Vfues= =XLkh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----