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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?

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.

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 !!