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Headless systems or programs do not depend on a graphical user interface, user interaction or directly attached monitor/mouse/keyboard to work as expected. Administration is typically done via network.

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Xvfb not working on Red Hat Linux

I'm trying to get an X server going on a headless box and I'm using Xvfb. Invocation: Xvfb -fbdir . & Result _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! Message…
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Getting hardware accelerated graphics on a headless Windows Server 2008 R2

I have a series of command line applications which use accelerated hardware contexts to perform logic on the GPU, in a CUDA like fashion. The applications are Windows specific, so they can not run on other operating systems. I need to integrate…
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Prevent Accidental Execution of Windows .BAT File on Workstation?

I have a .BAT file with a robocopy line in it. The .BAT file resides on a network server directory. I use a client/monitor application on my workstation to send out a run command to several headless machines to tell them to each run the .BAT…
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How to cleanly start and stop a headless Oracle VM Virtualbox virtual machine?

I have Oracle VM Virtualbox on my Windows 7 development machine. I want to start a VM when Windows starts, and cleanly shut that VM down when Windows stops. Can that be done? I can start a headless VM by entering this on the command…
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TeamCity sends inadequate responses after Selenium tests

I have a TeamCity 7.0.2 at CentOS 6.2 server without X Server. I've installed x11-fonts*, xvfb, firefox, xauth, extracted env. variable DISPLAY=localhost:1, and started xvfb. After that I could start Selenium tests using maven. Tests are executed,…
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ISP login, MAC spoofing, WiFi and multiple devices

I have a Tikona Digital Broadband (WiMax based) Internet Connection which allows limited number of devices to be connected at a time and also requires that the users login with username and password (by visiting a browser page on each device) before…
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Unable to connect to vrde virtualbox VM remotely

So I've remotely created my first headless using ssh. Now I'm attempting to connect to this VM using RDP so I can install Ubuntu Server, but I cannot get connected at all. When starting the VM everything appears fine: $ vboxheadless -s…
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Run chkdsk on a headless Windows 2008 R2 Server?

I have a Windows 2008 R2 Server which is running headless. It's a full installation, without a monitor, keyboard or mouse. For the last few days the machine has suddenly stopped responding at random times. It can still be pinged, however it's…
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Installing and utilizing VirtualBox on a headless CentOS machine

In follow-up to a question about Debian, how can VirtualBox be installed to a headless CentOS machine, and then utilized on that headless machine?
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Init Selenium RC on headless server

as described in [1] running Selenium RC on a headless Linux is pretty easy to achieve. Essentially this requires these commands: $ Xvfb :99 -ac & $ export DISPLAY=:99 $ java -jar selenium-server.jar & So how can I provide this right after the…
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Suggest a 'headless' linux dist that I can use to play with firefox, Xvfb and selenium RC?

I'd like to build a similar replica of the virtual server I get from my hosting company in order to test a windowless application of firefox using Xvfb. I'd like to do so using a parallels virtual machine on OSX. I'm happy to run some commands to…
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Enable ssh, vnc or something similar during installation of Ubuntu

I have a headless Scaleo Home Server 2205 that I'm thinking of installing Ubuntu Server on. Then on top of that I was thinking of using greyhole and CrashPlan to mimic some of the original WHS functionality. But since it's headless I would have to…
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Spinning up vm/containers for single windows app

I admin a small Edu/MakerSpace, and we have a few donated pieces of equipment that require a Windows-based OS to run the controlling app. I have tried looking for & tested a Linux/POSIX-based versions of the apps, but I'm not getting the buy-in to…
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Error installing chrome remote desktop on headless debian buster linux host

I have a debian buster host (not on Google Cloud) and I am following the steps in this tutorial: https://cloud.google.com/solutions/chrome-desktop-remote-on-compute-engine However, when trying to authorize chrome remote desktop through…
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What tools do you use to manage your Linux Server?

I'm a starter, just started using a VPS (headless Ubuntu server 20.04), I was wondering what tools are the most relevant for configuring, managing, monitoring Linux Servers. And maybe also some Tools for making Docker easier :) I'm new so I wanted…
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