For auto-login, there are various methods, several are documented here:
http://doc.freevo.org/BootFreevo
I use the first solution on that page for my media centre (editing
inittab), so that on power up it runs the media centre software and X to
provide a display on the TV.
That should sort any problem with having an existing login available. This
can be a non-root user to provide safety.
Cheers.
Steve.
> Hi Adam,
>
> The simplest answer is to get the box to automatically log in a user.
> This means there will be a running VNC server to connect to. You may
> find as I did that running headless means it detects a lack of monitor
> and starts up in 800x600 mode.
> It might suit you to set up a VNC server that starts on bootup there are
> quite a few tutorials on this, here is one:
> http://bobpeers.com/linux/vnc.php
> You can also set up the linux box as a terminal server by installing
> ltsp-server-standalone from synaptic, once set up (you may have a bit of
> fiddling with DHCP to do) you can set up diskless workstations to boot
> off the network.
> http://doc.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/edubuntu/handbook/C/server.html
>
>
> Alan.
>
>
> Adam Cripps wrote:
>> I have just installed an Ubuntu gutsy box with drupal v6 in a small
>> primary school, with a view to it providing an intranet to showcase
>> their work to visitors of the school.
>>
>> The school like the idea of the box being headless (no CRT or
>> keyboard) but aren't familiar with linux. I've shown them what VNC has
>> to offer and they found it agreeable. The downside of the current VNC
>> setup is that it is run from an existing X login. I could explain to
>> them how to use Putty to ssh in and start a server remotely, but that
>> might be one step too far. Is it possible to get a remote desktop to
>> start on boot, and if so, how?
>>
>> TIA
>> Adam
>>
>
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