[GRLUG] remote sessions

[Eric Beversluis]

On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 08:27 -0500, Michael Mol wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Eric Beversluis
> <ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> >
> > I've been accessing my Lenovo Linux laptop (my main computer) from a
> > Win7 laptop using NoMachine, since the screen on the Lenova is down
> > (hopefully to recover once the inverter I've ordered arrives).
> >
> > It seems that
> > 1.  When I access remotely, NoMachine starts a new session.
> > 2.  NoMachine cannot connect unless I have already logged into the
> > Lenovo.
> >
> > So my question is: What's the explanation for the fact that I need to be
> > logged into a session on the Lenovo before NoMachine can create a new
> > session? (Fortunately, even without a screen, I can type my password
> > into the Lenovo when Ubuntu makes its "ready" noise. But what if one
> > were truly running "headless"?)
> >
> 
> I'm going to venture a guess that the NoMachine server software is
> actually *launched* as a process in your desktop session, so if you
> haven't already logged in, the server software hasn't been launched
> yet.
> 
> For most programs, the usual solution for something like that is to
> have the daemon software launched as part of the init scripts, i.e.
> from under /etc/init.d/. I don't have any personal experience with
> NoMachine, though, so I don't know if it would require an X server's
> credentials to launch.
> 
> As for the headless scenario, the simplest solution would be to run an
> X server which doesn't expect any real hardware, like xvfb.
> 
> --
> :wq
> 
That makes sense. Thanks.
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