[NTLUG:Discuss] Ubuntu won't boot without monitor

[Ted Gould]

On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 14:03 -0600, Michael Barnes wrote:
> I have an Ubuntu machine I'd like to relocate and leave headless.  I
> would access as needed with VNC.  The problem is, every time it boots,
> it tries to detect the monitor.  When it doesn't see one, it throws up
> an error splash and anything I do puts it in lo resolution mode.
> 
> Any ideas on how to get around this?  I just want it to boot with the
> same parameters it normally has and do its thing.  Once the error is
> made, the only way to get it back to normal is to do a
> "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg".
> 
> I just want to disable the monitor detect function on boot up.

I am told this should work, but haven't tried it:

        Commenting out the FailsafeXServer line in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
        should stop the booting into low resolution mode and
        misconfiguring xorg.conf.  

		--Ted