Headless setup with vnc for Amahi 5

[Icey]

Hi

i ran into some trouble configuring my fresh hda, my machine is headless (added a screen for installation)
on fedora 10 i started my hda in init 3 to save resources and then used xvnc to connect via vnc.. While using this for a couple of months is ran into some trouble.. macbook couldnt connect to it via avahi, i couldnt install software that checked which init state the server was in, it needed init 5 to install.. etc

Now on my fedora 12 i decided to stay in init 5 since i have some graphical servers/programs running and its easyer to access that way.. is there any way to lower the needed resources?can i use xfce or lxde instead of gnome? or is it better to go back to my previous setup?

Does anyone have a good headless setup he wants to share?

[moredruid]

uhm... my headless setup is no vnc.

you could try using a less resource intensive windowmanager. maybe upstart (which is default in F12 I think) handles init levels differently and requires runlevel 5 to run a graphical package (although it shouldn't).

If you're on a mac, try connecting to your server like this:
ssh -X hda
this will enable X-forwarding.
once you're logged on you can type firefox on the cli and hey presto firefox should appear locally while it's actually running on your hda.

[Icey]

Ive tried lxde but it didnt make much difference, probably because i installed the pack instead of just the window manager
i will try upright, havent heard of it as of yet.. if it doesn't i will just use init 3 and try to get xvnc back like before

Can i use the -x option to ssh on any x-based OS?and can i use the x option when no window manager is running or to do a startx?

Great tips thanx !!