perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Hyojoon Kim <>]

Hello Michael, 

That would be awesome. Thanks! 

Just FYI, playing with the grub file did not work for me 
(http://superuser.com/questions/746803/how-to-turn-a-desktop-linux-box-headless).
 Maybe there are other tricks that I don’t know. 

Thanks, 
Joon


> On Jan 7, 2016, at 2:08 PM, Michael Johnson 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
> 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
>>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Michael Johnson
> GlobalNOC Software Engineering
> Indiana University
> 
> 812-856-2771
>