On 03/27/17 15:46, Eigeldinger Simon wrote: > > I am Simon and I am blind. > > I tried to boot a Fedora Workstation 25 live USB without a screen > attached to a desktop machine. > > It seems the machine doesn't boot completely at least hanging while > the desktop should come up. > > On the arch wiki i read something about x server and its autoconfig > mode where it detects the screen and if no screen is present it stops > starting the desktop which makes the PC hang. > > According to the wayland mailing list this also happens with wayland > though wayland supports screenless booting. which needs to be > specified in the wayland adapter for gnome. > > Anyone maybe knows more about that? > > I thought of using Fedora on a project i have in my mind. Having a > small PC without a screen in the kitchen would be pretty interesting. > navigation is done using a keyboard and knowing where we are is done > using the orca screen reader and speakers. > > Attaching a screen would be the last thing i want to do. > What is your video output? If it is HDMI, maybe get a "dummy" plug to fake the system into thinking it has a monitor connected. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=HDMI+dummy+plug Similar plugs are available for DVI. -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to get others to do the work for you _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
