perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Michael Johnson <>]

Hello Joon,

For what it's worth, I know people are booting these headless. There's one in 
my office that will boot without a monitor, but I didn't set it up, so I am 
not sure if any special steps were taken to make it boot that way. I'll see 
if I can find anything out.

- Michael

On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 07:02:44PM +0000, Hyojoon Kim wrote:
> 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
> >
> > --
> > Michael Johnson
> > GlobalNOC Software Engineering
> > Indiana University
> >
> > 812-856-2771

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Michael Johnson
GlobalNOC Software Engineering
Indiana University

812-856-2771

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