Re: [orca-list] System not completely booting because of no screen connected?

[Simon Eigeldinger <simon eigeldinger vol at>]

Hi,

having a default intel hd card in there.
basically on board.

greetings,
Simon

Am 12.03.2017 um 20:35 schrieb Richard via orca-list:
> HI Simon,
>
> I've seen something similar. I have a 64 bit desktop with a SAPPHIRE
> Radeon HD 5570 videocard. In my case, I can confirm that the system does
> not boot up at all if there's no monitor connected. It doesn't have to
> be on, but there needs to be a monitor or something that will trick the
> kernel into booting in the VGA port. What videocard is in your desktop?
>
> On 3/12/2017 11:55, Simon Eigeldinger wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is an interesting thing i discovered recently.
> > I had gnome always running on an old 32 bit laptop.
> > now i got an older 64 bit desktop.
> > it has no screen.
> > i wanted to boot it with a live usb with fedora.
> > seems not to boot to the desktop.
> > i have read online and figured out that it can't boot because the x
> > server is autoconfiguring the screen.
> > so no screen no booting OS?
> > Or is there a possibility to get that up and running without a screen
> > connected?
> >
> > This by the way is happening to all distros i have tested.
> > open suse, ubuntu gnome, sonar gnome, fedora workstation, debian
> > testing, paldo and others.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Simon
> >
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