Re: Debian without screen]
On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 06:37:36PM +1000, Jason White wrote:
> Jan and Bertil Smark Nilsson <jbsn@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to run Debian without a screen. When it has finished
> > loading, I get a braille display without any dots. When I check
> > /var/log/gdm3/:0.log, it ends with "Fatal server error: no
> > screens found". I'm running Sid and the problem occurred after my
> > lates software upgrade.
>
> You need to install xserver-xorg-video-dummy (the "dummy" video driver) and
> edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to enable it:
>
> Section "device"
> driver "dummy"
I did that, and when I reboot it takes me to VT1 and asks me to
log in. VT7 is still blank. This is my :0-greeter.log:
** (<unknown>:1555): DEBUG: Client registered with session manager: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file /var/lib/gdm3/.config/metacity/sessions/107e9057432ab65c20130456447482784500000015250001.ms: Failed to open file '/var/lib/gdm3/.config/metacity/sessions/107e9057432ab65c20130456447482784500000015250001.ms': No such file or directory
** (process:1765): DEBUG: Greeter session pid=1765 display=:0 xauthority=/var/run/gdm3/auth-for-Debian-gdm-xUF9VI/database
gdm-simple-greeter[1765]: Gtk-WARNING: /build/buildd-gtk+2.0_2.24.4-3-i386-ouUeDk/gtk+2.0-2.24.4/gtk/gtkwidget.c:5679: widget not within a GtkWindow
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x1a0002b (Login Wind)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x1a0002b (Login Wind)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.
I've downgraded gdm3 from Sid to Squeeze, but it didn't make any
difference. The /var/log/gdm3/.config directory is empty.
Bertil
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