Hi all. I need to run X on a headless server, and I am having a hard time configuring null devices in xorg.conf. Here are the server's vital stats as per the getinfo.sh script on centos.org: http://pastebin.centos.org/33908
When I try to start X: [root@CentOS-55-32-minimal ~]# startx xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.11196
X Window System Version 7.1.1 Release Date: 12 May 2006 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.el5 i686 Red Hat, Inc. Current Operating System: Linux CentOS-55-32-minimal 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5PAE #1 SMP Thu May 13 13:48:44 EDT 2010 i686 Build Date: 13 May 2010 Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 26 01:12:22 2010 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (EE) NV(0): No valid initial configuration found (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error: no screens found XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. [root@CentOS-55-32-minimal ~]#
Right now xorg.conf is stock, I have removed all my failed experiments. Should I post the logfiles? Note that my goal is to start X, then ssh in and run Firefox remotely from a Fedora desktop. The server itself has no monitor.
Thanks in advance for any advice.