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Hi, I want to be able to have the servers started automatically and restart the services whenever the unit is powered up without intervention. Just the box, nothing connected. How do I go about?

I appreciate I need to look at the computer if it will start without a screen/mouse/keyboard, but further F12 and Amahi5 will need to start up without asking for passwords etc.

Any ideas/experience?

Many thanks, Rene.

see the setup recommendations, in particular the section on how to run headless.

OK, followed the link and it is working. I can disconnect the mouse and keyboard without any issues.

However, as soon as I disconnect the screen the computer stops during start-up and there is no way I can get in remotely. It does not stop on POST or similar, but after running through some of the start-up. Why do I think so: I can hear the harddisk working for some time before the system halts.

Is it possible there is a feature in F12 that is looking for a screen? I had a look on the Fedora website, but didn't get any further.

Thanks, Rene.

OK, not sure what is going on. Did you have your hda box shut off before disconnecting the monitor?

With the information provided, I would suggest booting it up with all attached. Then once up, check the boot and sys logs for some clues on the previous boot.

I am running headless, sorta with a kvm switch on my hda. All works well for me. You might consider trying the same if this won't work.

Hi BF, thanks for that. I did a lot of reading and eventually got it going with the 'nomodeset'. There are a few pages mentioning that option, but I couldn't find one that told me exactly where to put it. I added it to the /etc/grub.conf file, but only later (much later!!)realised it was supposed to go at the end of the kernel line. Steep learning curve here!!!