Brett Serkez writes: > <snip> > >Runlevel 5 is broken. I'm presuming I need to get it working--but do I > >need to focus on the local video hardware even though I'm not supporting > >a local display? It would seem to me that the local video hw would not > >be relevant to remote gui access--but I don't understand X particularly, > > Correct. X is client-server, so remote users are running their own > X-server. When connected via ssh -X, any gui programs will use the > remote user's display. There is no need to run an X-server on a > system unless you plan on using the GUI on the console. > > >so I'm confused on what fix to pursue and how. > > You can run any UNIX/Linux system 'headless", without a GUI on the console. > Yes, I thought so. Glad for the confirmation. > Modify /etc/inittab, change the 5 to 3: > > id:5:initdefault: > > id:3:initdefault: > > This will change the default boot run-level for future boots. > > As root, you can use the command: > > # init 3 > > to force an immediate switch to run-level three which will bring down > the GUI on the console. Yes, got all that. Then I do: vncserver start Starting VNC server: no displays configured [ OK ] And then ... service vncserver status Xvnc is stopped This part doesn't seem correct. Is that to do with /etc/X11 and/or /etc/gdm configuration alone? Or something else? Thanks again. Janina > > Brett > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
