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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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Firefox and Chrome headless mode not working on VPS (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) with Python/Selenium

I am trying to get Chrome running in headless mode with Python, but for some reason I only get a blank page back no matter what website I try to read. Google Chrome: v77 Chromedriver: latest version (tried older versions as well) OS: Ubuntu 18.04.3…
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Non-Latin characters not showing in headless Chrome on Ubuntu Server

When I visit a site in Chrome, it shows non-Latin characters just fine. However, when I run the same site in headless Chrome on Ubuntu Server and view the site via the debugger on port 9222, then all characters show as empty rectangles []. This…
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PowerEdge T100 fails to boot without display+keyboard

Our office has an old Dell PowerEdge T100 , which I'm recently setting up with Ubuntu 18.04. For space efficiency and we leave no mouse/keyboard+display connected. Thing is, once we power up our server without keyboard+mouse+monitor it is simply…
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Cannot boot Debian-9.6.0 in KVM: "640 x 480 Graphic mode"

I'm trying to get a disposable virtual machine on my private server. I've tried downloading a couple of Debian ISO files for 9.6.0, but I am unsuccessful in booting any of them. After trying kvm -m 2048 -smp 2 -hda debian.12GB.img -cdrom…
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Linux Headless Server Audio Player RTP stream

I am streaming audio from a linux server (192.168.0.10) to a headless client using ffmpeg. ffmpeg -i INPUT -acodec libmp3lame -ar 11025 --f rtp rtp://192.168.0.100:1234 On the headless client, I am trying to play the stream using vlc on the…
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Open graphical Windows applications without monitor and control it

I have an Windows server with multiple applications installed on it. For each application we created a macro that interects over it. For example, open the ERP -> go to product registration -> add a new product. Thoses scritps are working, but only…
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Would a static IP make PC go online as soon as router become available/ready?

I have posted a part of this question here and now what Im questioning is an answer suggested - to create a static IP. Question in short: I have a headless PC(running Ubuntu) and I want to make this go online as soon as the router becomes available.…
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How to install Xvfb without root access (tried with linuxbrew)

I have non-root access to a headless Debian server that runs Jenkins. I want to build Unity3D on that Jenkins, which requires me to install Xvfb. Because it is a headless server, X11 is not installed, and because I don't have root access, I can't…
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BTsync Webui unreachable on headless Linux host

I am trying to install the latest version of btsyc on a CentOS 6.5 headless server. I cannot reach the WebUI. I configured the webui on port 65000 via a config file and start btsync with the config file as an argument. This is confirmed by the…
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Setting up headless windows NVIDIA machines

We have some headless Windows 7 machines in a datacenter. We use them to run unattended tests of a 3d graphics application (similar to a game). We have trouble running the machines at 4k resolution at 60Hz. That is 3840x2160 at 60Hz. We have tried a…
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CentOS 7 and Dropbear

I have search this issue on serverfault.com but can't find anything. On my Server I habe installed an crypted LVM CentOS 7 with Dropbear. On boot I can decrypt the hdd via direct keyboard input. But I want do this via SSH. Is this possible via SSH…
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Installing a Desktop Environment on a headless CentOS 7 server by CLi only

I am looking to install a Desktop environment on my headless Centos 7 server, and retain the headless functionality of the server. I have one caveat. I am nowhere near the server. It is in a server farm on another continent. So the whole DE install…
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Is there a way to do SpiderOak setup from an Ubuntu 12.04 server command line without a GUI?

We're experimenting with SpiderOak for a few server backup tasks. (We preferred to avoid dropbox if possible, though that may end up as a fallback.) We've installed the client on our local Mac and Windows stations, so we'll have easy access to the…
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unable to start the installation of a kvm win7 guest

I am using this command (using virt-install on a debian 7 host) to start the installation of windows7 guest OS. I have assembled the following from a plethora of sites virt-install --connect qemu:///system \ -n win7vnc -r 2048 --vcpus=2 \ …
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headless linux server for web serving tasks

I only need to run text-based applications on my server. think LAMP + ssh. It seems unnecessary to install entire distributions, like ubuntu, just to fire up apache and serve up my one web app. instead, it would be nice to have a more lightweight…
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