perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Hyojoon Kim <>]

Hello Michael, 

Ah, I see. Thanks for the heads up! You just saved my time attempting this. 

I was even thinking of trying CentOS, but I just found this review post about 
the product on Amazon, which points out the eMMC storage detection issue with 
CentOS and Debian (plus about the booting problem without a monitor)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2VPK26HWQCYAA/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00KX93WQW#R2VPK26HWQCYAA

We were thinking about deploying these LIVA X boxes around campus BDFs. 
However, I think we will have to reconsider this because it seems that we 
cannot even reboot the box remotely without a monitor plugged in all the time.

Thanks, 
Joon 

> On Jan 7, 2016, at 1:48 PM, Michael Johnson 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi Joon,
> 
> I don't know about the Ubuntu issue in particular, but in my experience, 
> Debian 7 didn't recognize the eMMC. You might have a different experience, 
> but I wouldn't expect that to work. Hope this helps.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
> 
> On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 06:43:22PM +0000, Hyojoon Kim wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> It turns out that latest Ubuntu desktop OSes cannot boot without a monitor 
>> plugged in to the machine, so this happens with the LIVA X box as well. 
>> Did anyone find a working solution for this? I might just move on to using 
>> Debian 7 Wheezy, which I assume will not have this problem, but I just 
>> wanted to check if anyone was successful with this matter with Ubuntu 
>> before I try Debian 7.
>> 
>> FYI,
>> This seems to be a known problem:
>> "Q: Ubuntu can’t boot up without monitor plugged to LIVA MINI PC”
>> http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_LIVA_FAQ.aspx?DetailID=1593&LanID=0
>> 
>> I tried to solve this problem by following links and using all suggestions 
>> I can find on the web, including (but not limited to):
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1223504
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/166009/use-ubuntu-graphical-desktop-without-monitor-at-boot
>> 
>> However, all methods did not work for me..
>> 
>> Using Ubuntu *Server* OS would be one solution, but I had installation 
>> problems with that, which I did post about it on this mailing list before. 
>> (problem: installation process fails to recognize the eMMC storage space)
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Joon
> 
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> Michael Johnson
> GlobalNOC Software Engineering
> Indiana University
> 
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