Re: Headless Wheezy
On Sun 31 Jan 2016 at 21:00:40 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote:
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Sun 31 Jan 2016 at 20:12:15 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote:
> >> David <david.g_jones@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> >>> I am running a headless version of Wheezy on an Alix Board, all
> >>> seems to be working as expected.
> >>
> >>> I'm trying to install TeamViewer so I can gain remote access to my
> >>> network.
> >>
> >>> I think TeamViewer is installed, but I can't find out how to
> >>> configure it.
> >>
> >>> Can anybody offer any help please?
> >>
> >> Why do you need TeamViewer on a headless system?
> >>
> >> TeamViewer is for sharing your current X session, but there is no
> >> active X session on a headless system.
>
> > Not even Xvfb? Is it forbidden? Do I have to stop doing it?
>
> Of course. The VT100 Protection Squad is on its way to apprehend you.
> Please wait patiently at your keyboard until they arrive to take to your
> reeducation on the pure ways of UNIX™.
Damn! I knew I shouldn't have opened my big mouth in public.
I'll plead extenuating circumstances: a machine with a 256MHz processor,
1GB of compact flash and 256MB of memory. Mercy has been shown in
similar situations.
> Joke aside: under normal circumstances most headless systems won't have
> any Xserver running on them.
True.
> If you use Xvfb or Xpra or Xvncserver I guess you have a special reason
> to do so.
How would anyone run Skype sensibly?
> Maybe David has one, too. It'd be intereting to read about it. But until
> then I guess this is a sort of XY-Problem we are seeing.
I purged the xy package a long time ago.
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